| US 7,617,529 B1 | ||
| Robust and flexible group structure | ||
| Dongyan Wang, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 02, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/33,138. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—21 [726/28] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
electronically receiving, with an interface device, a definition of a first group identifying a first plurality of users;
automatically generating, with a processing system, the first group having the first plurality of users according to the definition
of the first group, where the first group is a private group having content available to one or more owners of the first group
and unavailable to non-owners of the first group;
electronically receiving, with the interface device, a definition of a second group identifying a second plurality of users;
automatically generating, with the processing system, the second group having the second plurality of users according to the
definition of the second group, where the second group is a private group having content available to one or more owners of
the second group and unavailable to non-owners of the second group;
receiving a definition of a desired group with the interface device, where the definition of the desired group explicitly
specifies that the first group is to be included in the desired group and explicitly specifies the second group is to be excluded
from the desired group; and
automatically generating, with a processing system, the desired group to include the first group and exclude the second group
according to the received definition of the desired group, where the desired group includes the content of the first group,
where the desired group is a public group allowing the content of the first group to be available to both the owners of the
first and second groups and the non-owners of the first and second groups.
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