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System and method to protect a resource using an active avatar

  • US 10,229,280 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2011
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for protecting a data source in a physical computing environment, the data source associated with an owner, comprising:

  • associating an avatar with the data source, the avatar having an aggregate set of access rights and privileges in the physical computing environment created by combining into a composite set actual access rights and privileges that a set of entities possess with respect to the data source in the physical computing environment, the avatar being an actual human-like presence in the physical computing environment with actual access rights and privileges with respect to the data source and defined by a non-human user identifier;

    associating one or more actions to be performed by the avatar upon occurrence of an actionable event with respect to the data source;

    on behalf of the owner, and in the physical computing environment, using the avatar to monitor the data source in the physical computing environment against a set of permissible events associated with the data source, wherein monitoring of the data source is enabled by the avatar'"'"'s actual presence in the physical computing environment; and

    upon determination of an actionable event, the avatar initiating an action with respect to the data source in the physical computing environment.

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