Comment Permissions Segmentation for Document Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic document management systems, tracking and managing comments from multiple users can be time-consuming, and there is a need to control access to comments to ensure privacy and improve readability for users.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows for comment permissions to be set using an 'excludes' or 'includes' model, enabling users to restrict access to comments based on user or group identities, and allowing different access types such as view, read, or write access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If comment access is restricted using permission models, then user privacy and document readability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments document access control into two distinct layers: document-level permissions and comment-level permissions. This allows independent control where comments can have different access rules than the parent document, enabling fine-grained privacy protection without requiring complete restructuring of the permission system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by allowing different permission settings for different comments within the same document. Each comment can have its own permission configuration (public, private, or shared with specific users), enabling targeted privacy protection only where needed rather than applying uniform restrictions across the entire document.
2Reliability
If comment access is restricted to authorized users only, then candid feedback is promoted, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables comment authors to automatically set and manage their own comment permissions without requiring administrator intervention. Users can independently configure whether their comments are public, private, or shared with specific colleagues, making the privacy protection mechanism self-serving and easy to operate.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring users to explicitly request access to private comments, the system inverts the approach by defaulting to restricted access and allowing users to easily grant permission when needed. This reversal simplifies operation by eliminating complex access request workflows while maintaining privacy protection.
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AI summary
A method for restricting comment access for a document is described. A request for comment permissions to be applied to a comment within the document is received. The comment permissions exclude a target user from an access type for the comment. The comment permissions are applied to the comment, where the comment permissions are distinct from document permissions for the document. Content data of the document is generated for display on a user interface for the target user according to the document permissions. Content data of the comment is generated for display on the user interface for the target user according to the comment permissions, including restricting the target user from the access type for the comment.