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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Balaji Shyamkumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Curtis Porter, Stansbury Park, UT (US);
Robert E. Bonham, Bountiful, UT (US);
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A device, system and process for controlling document access using hierarchical paths is provided. A query, received from a requesting device, comprises: a search string for searching a document database; and an identifier associated with a user. A security permissions database is accessed using the identifier to receive permissible hierarchical document access paths indicating document access permissions associated with the identifier. A modified query includes the permissible hierarchical document access paths. The modified query used to access an index of the document database, the index comprising: a searchable content portion, and corresponding hierarchical document access paths, of a document. Document identifiers are received that identify only the documents having: respective searchable content portions that include the search string of the modified query; and at least one respective corresponding hierarchical document access path encompassed by the permissible hierarchical document access paths. The document identifiers are provided to the requesting device.