File Sharing Link Modification Rights Request
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current file sharing systems do not effectively allow users to grant modification rights to others, limiting collaboration and requiring manual authorization processes, which can be inefficient and restrictive.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that generates a file sharing link allowing recipients to request modification rights, with automatic granting based on predefined permission criteria such as social media group membership, contact lists, or previous file upload permissions, and notifies the link sharer of pending requests for approval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual authorization processes are used to grant modification rights, then security control is maintained, but collaboration efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining permission criteria and automatically evaluating them when collaboration requests are made. This allows the system to prepare authorization decisions in advance based on pre-established rules, reducing the need for manual intervention while maintaining security control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to automatically grant modification rights based on predefined permission criteria. The system autonomously evaluates whether criteria are met and grants permissions without requiring manual authorization, thereby improving collaboration efficiency while maintaining security through pre-defined rules.
2Productivity
If automatic granting of modification rights is implemented, then collaboration efficiency is improved, but security control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring and evaluating permission criteria against user actions and system state. This feedback loop ensures that automatic granting decisions are based on real-time verification of criteria, maintaining security control while enabling efficient automated collaboration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses permission criteria as an intermediary layer between automatic granting requests and actual permission assignment. This intermediary mechanism evaluates and mediates whether automatic granting should occur, ensuring security control is maintained while enabling efficient automated collaboration when criteria are met.
3Adaptability or versatility
If permission criteria are made flexible and customizable, then adaptability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by breaking down permission management into distinct, modular permission criteria that can be independently defined, configured, and evaluated. This segmentation allows flexible customization of permission rules while managing complexity through modular design, where each criterion is a separate, manageable unit.
4Reliability
If manual authorization processes are required, then security control is maintained, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining permission criteria and automatically evaluating them when collaboration requests are made. This allows the system to prepare authorization decisions in advance based on pre-established rules, reducing the need for manual intervention while maintaining security control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to automatically grant modification rights based on predefined permission criteria. The system autonomously evaluates whether criteria are met and grants permissions without requiring manual authorization, thereby improving collaboration efficiency while maintaining security through pre-defined rules.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer implemented system and method of sharing files between a link sharer and a link recipient over a network. The method comprises generating, in response to a request by a link sharer, a file sharing link to a file set, where the link does not provide a link recipient the ability to modify the contents of the linked file set. In response to receiving an indication that the generated link has been activated by a link recipient, displaying a representation of the linked file set with a display element configured to send a request for modification rights to the linked file set when activated by the link recipient. In response to receiving the request for modification rights, either automatically granting modification rights to the linked file set or sending notice to the link sharer indicating that the link recipient is requesting modification rights to the linked file set.