| US 7,467,212 B2 | ||
| Control of access control lists based on social networks | ||
| Robert Adams, Lake Oswego, Oreg. (US); and Jose P. Puthenkulam, Beaverton, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 28, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/750,533. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0124053 A1, Sep. 05, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—229 [709/206; 709/224; 726/4; 726/21] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A method of sharing resources on a social network, the method comprising:
monitoring communications between a plurality of users and a user having a shared resource coupled to a computer system of
the user, the shared resource to be shared amongst one or more of the plurality of users;
determining social network data from the communications between each of the plurality of users and the user having the shared
resource, wherein each of the plurality of users has an ongoing relationship with the user having the shared resource and
the social network data is based on varying degrees of interactions between each of the plurality of users and the user having
the shared resource, wherein the communication includes communicating via emails between each of the plurality of users having
the shared resources, wherein the emails are identified and counted;
determining an access level for each of the plurality of users based on the social network data including the identified and
counted emails, wherein the access level is selected from a group consisting of a read-only access, a read/write access, an
execute access, a create access, an owner access, a no access, an all access, and a control access; and
configuring an access control list to provide each of the plurality of users the access level determined for accessing the
shared resource.
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