IP Library Granted Patent US 9,621,558
Granted Patent B2
US 9,621,558 · App. 14/341,812 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Granting collaboration permissions in a computerized system

Inventors: Yakov Faitelson (New York, NY); Ohad Korkus (New York, NY); Ophir Kretzer-Katzir (Tenafly, NJ)
Assignee: VARONIS SYSTEMS, LTD.
H04L63/101H04L63/102H04L65/403
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Patent No.
US 9,621,558
App. No.
14/341,812
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computerized method for obtaining collaboration with an object of a computerized system, comprising receiving at an owner party that owns the object a request from a requesting party employing a requesting mechanism of the computerized system to collaborate the object with a recipient party, providing by the owner party a decision to the recipient party whether to grant the recipient party to collaborate with the object, and registering, in a data construct of the computerized system, data comprising a status indicative of the decision, thereby providing for the computerized system to determine whether to allow the recipient party to collaborate with the object, wherein the method is performed on an at least one computer of the computerized system configured to perform the method, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Claims (32)

1. A computerized method for obtaining collaboration of an object of a computerized system of an organization, comprising:

receiving at an owner party that owns the object a request from a requesting party employing a requesting mechanism of the computerized system to collaborate the object with a recipient party, wherein the recipient party is a remote party operating a computer remotely linked to the computerized system, and wherein the requesting mechanism is operative in the computerized system;

providing a computerized form with modifiable entries that characterize the object and participants according to which collaboration with the object is requested;

providing by the owner party a decision to the recipient party whether to grant the recipient party permission to collaborate with the object; and

registering, in a data construct of the computerized system, data comprising a status indicative of the decision, thereby providing for the computerized system to determine whether to allow the recipient party to collaborate with the object,

wherein the method is performed on an at least one computer of the computerized system configured to perform the method.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising registering in the data construct of the computerized system constraints on collaborativity in case the decision was to grant the recipient party to collaborate with the object, as provided to the computerized system by the owner party.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising providing to the recipient party constraints on collaborativity in case the decision was to grant the recipient party to collaborate with the object.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, in case the decision was to deny the recipient party to collaborate with the object, providing to the recipient party reasoning for denying collaborativity.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein providing by the owner party the decision to the recipient party is carried out by way of the computerized system.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the requesting party is also the recipient party.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request from the requesting party comprises reasoning for collaborating with the recipient party.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the requesting party is affiliated with the organization.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the requesting party is not affiliated with the organization.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the recipient party is affiliated with the organization.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the recipient party is not affiliated with the organization.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein registering in a data construct of the computerized system comprises registering an indication denoting whether collaboration with an object is approved or disapproved, devoid of affecting any settings of the computerized system.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein devoid of affecting any settings of the computerized system includes devoid of affecting any permissions of the computerized system.

14. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising employing in the computerized system a tracking mechanism configured for updating the data construct of the computerized system due to possible varying requests for collaboration and conditions thereof.

15. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising employing in the computerized system a reviewing mechanism configured for presentation of states of collaborativity of objects the owner party owns.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the reviewing mechanism is configured for modifying the states of collaborativity of objects the owner party owns.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the requested collaboration is automatically granted according to an at least one rule constructed in the computerized system.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the computerized form comprises fields and/or controls allowing the owner party to modify collaboration rights or collaboration constraints of the object.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the recipient party is a party not affiliated with the organization, an ad-hoc participant in the computerized system or a party operating a computer externally linkable to the computerized system.

20. A computerized system comprising at least one computer and configured by a mechanism provided in the computerized system to:

request an owner of an object of the computerized system to collaborate the object with a recipient party, wherein the recipient party is a remote party operating a computer remotely linked to the computerized system, and wherein the requesting mechanism is operative in the computerized system,

provide a computerized form with modifiable entries that characterize the object and participants according to which collaboration with the object is requested; and

further, responsive to a decision of the owner of the object whether to grant the recipient party permission to collaborate with the object, registering in the computerized system data comprising a status indicative of the decision, thus providing for the computerized system to determine whether to allow the recipient party to collaborate with the object.

21. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one rule is constructed with conditions pertaining to objects intended for collaboration.

22. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one rule is constructed with conditions pertaining to parties intended for collaboration.

23. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one rule is constructed with conditions pertaining to objects and parties intended for collaboration.

24. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the data comprising a status indicative of the decision comprises an identification of the recipient.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: VARONIS SYSTEMS LTD.
To: VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059332/0426 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2014
From: FAITELSON, YAKOV; KORKUS, OHAD; KRETZER-KATZIR, OPHIR
To: VARONIS SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033397/0417 →
Continuity (1)
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