Invention Grant
- Patent Title: File sharing and policy control based on file link mechanism
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Application No.: US15484668Application Date: 2017-04-11
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Publication No.: US10248808B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Junichi Kato , Takayuki Kushida , Tomoko Murayama , Masaharu Sakamoto , Kazuto Yamafuji
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Agent Ingrid M. Foerster
- Main IPC: G06F21/62
- IPC: G06F21/62 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method, a computing system and a computer program product are provided. A link for use by a user to access a file is created. Content of the file is encrypted using a common key. The common key is encrypted using a public key of the user and is registered in the link. Access rights regarding the file are set for the user and registered in the link. The link includes information for use by the user to access the file when the access rights indicate that the user is authorized to access the file.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180293395A1 FILE SHARING AND POLICY CONTROL BASED ON FILE LINK MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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