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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, NC (US);
James Patrick Galvin, Jr., Georgetown, KY (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Muller, Medford, MA (US);
Martin Presler-marshall, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David M. Wendt, Cary, NC (US);
Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, NC (US);
James Patrick Galvin, Jr., Georgetown, KY (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Muller, Medford, MA (US);
Martin Presler-Marshall, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David M. Wendt, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for transferring authorization rights to access a file. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: designating a location to store the file; creating a file-transfer-reference for the file based on the location; creating an authorization protocol for the file; selecting at least one recipient of the file-transfer-reference; and forwarding the file-transfer-reference to the at least one recipient according to the authorization protocol. The method may optionally include defining a validity period for which for access to the file.