Patent Document ID: 8631504
Application ID: 12141032

Base Claim:
1. A method for defining an enterprise organisation and protecting a document, the method implemented by an interactive computer system, the document being stored in a computer-controlled repository, the method comprising the steps of: (a) defining two or more management groups, wherein each of the management groups are assigned at least one group type; (b) assigning a relationship link between pairs of the management groups, whereby assigning the relationships linking the management groups defines a hierarchy of the enterprise organisation; (c) assigning a relationship link type to each relationship link, wherein the relationship link type is selected from a predefined set including at least two relationship link types; (d) storing data indicative of the management groups and corresponding relationship link between pairs of the management groups in a computer-controlled database; (e) defining document properties associated with the document, the document properties being indicative of a first management group having ownership of the document; the document properties being further indicative of an access restriction to the document for another management group on the basis of the hierarchy of the enterprise organisation being dependant on a relationship link type associating such management group to the first management group, wherein the document properties comprise a respective access restriction associated with each of the at least two relationship link types included in the predefined set; (f) reviewing the document properties and associating access rights including a level of access to the document, the access rights further granting access to a second management group in accordance with the hierarchy of the enterprise organisation and relationship link type associating the second management group through to the first management group; (g) granting an employee belonging to the second management group access to the document, when at least the second management group satisfies the access rights associated with the document.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the group type is selected from the set of “line of business”, “senior management”, “key results area”, “competitor brand”, and “related stakeholder”.