Patent ID: 8661504

Claim:
A storage device containing machine-readable instructions for implementing a secure social web and that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: receive input from a first user; create a first hierarchical class tree implementing security profiles based on the input from the first user, wherein said first hierarchical class tree identifies data, actions, and behaviors pertaining to content, and said security profiles restrict access and use of the first user's content, wherein the hierarchical class tree includes a system digital rights tree portion and one or more client digital rights tree portions attachable to the system digital rights tree portion via a boundary node, the boundary node containing information to identify the client digital rights tree portion to the system digital rights tree portion; receive a hierarchical class tree segment from another computer, said received hierarchical class tree segment pertaining to a second user and implementing digital rights controlled by said second user, the digital rights controlled by said second user and included in the received hierarchical class tree segment specifies ownership by the second user of data described by the received hierarchical class tree segment; and map the received hierarchical class tree segment into the first hierarchical class tree by attaching the received hierarchical class tree segment as a client digital rights tree portion to a boundary node; and display said first hierarchical class tree with the mapped received hierarchical class tree segment.