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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Mary Ellen Zurko, Groton, MA (US);
David J. Toth, Durham, NC (US);
Satwiksai Seshasai, Arlington, MA (US);
Charles P. DE Saint-aignan, Providence, RI (US);
Christopher J. Paul, Durham, NC (US);
Mary Ellen Zurko, Groton, MA (US);
David J. Toth, Durham, NC (US);
Satwiksai Seshasai, Arlington, MA (US);
Charles P. De Saint-Aignan, Providence, RI (US);
Christopher J. Paul, Durham, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Managing file distribution in an online file sharing system implemented by at least one server includes inviting a first entity to access a shared file hosted by the online file sharing system, and allowing the first entity to reshare the shared file through the online file sharing system with at least a second entity only to an extent permitted by a resharing policy stored by the online file sharing system.