Delegated administration of information in a database directory using attribute permissions
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1. A method for managing a user community, comprising:
- defining a set of user attributes for each user in the user community; and
identifying a permission level for managing each of the user attributes.
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Abstract
A delegated administrative tool for administrating information in a database directory using attribute permissions. The delegated administrative tool enables an administrator to form administrative domains and sub-domains having user attribute permissions that define administrative operations that an administrator can and cannot perform on a user attribute. Also, the delegated administrative tool enables an administrator to define restricted values for assigning to the user attributes.
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1. A method for managing a user community, comprising:
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defining a set of user attributes for each user in the user community; and
identifying a permission level for managing each of the user attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for managing user information associated with a user community, comprising:
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defining a set of user attributes from the user information for each user the user community;
identifying a permission level for each of the user attributes; and
managing the user attributes according to each of the permission levels. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method for enabling an administrator to control administration of a user community, comprising:
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providing user information associated with the user community to the administrator;
prompting the administrator to define a set of user attributes for each user in the user community;
prompting the administrator to identify a permission level for each of the user attributes; and
using the identified permission levels to control administration of the user information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A user community administration tool for managing user information associated with a user community, comprising:
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a domain definition component that defines the user community into at least one administrative domain, the domain definition component comprising a user group specifying component that specifies at least one arbitrary group of users from the user community and a user attribute definition component that defines a set of permissible user attributes for the at least one arbitrary group of users; and
an information management component that manages the user information associated with the administrative domain in accordance with the permissible user attributes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A system for managing user information associated with a user community, comprising:
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a database directory containing a plurality of user information;
a user community administration tool to manage the plurality of user information in the database directory;
the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component that defines the user community into at least one administrative domain, the domain definition component comprising a user group specifying component that specifies at least one arbitrary group of users from the user community and a user attribute definition component that defines a set of permissible user attributes for the at least one arbitrary group of users; and
an information management component that manages the user information associated with the administrative domain in accordance with the permissible user attributes; and
a first computing unit configured to serve the user community administration tool and the database directory.
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21. A user community administration tool for providing administration of a user community, comprising:
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means for defining the user community into at least one administrative domain, the administrative domain definition means comprising means for specifying at least one arbitrary group of users from the user community and means for defining a set of permissible user attributes for the at least one arbitrary group of users; and
means for managing the user information associated with the administrative domain in accordance with the permissible user attributes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30)
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25. A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to manage a user community, the computer instructions comprising:
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defining a set of user attributes for each user in the user community; and
identifying a permission level for managing each of the user attributes.
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28. A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to enable an administrator to control administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising:
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providing user information associated with the user community to the administrator;
prompting the administrator to define a set of user attributes for each of the users in the user community;
prompting the administrator to identify a permission level for each of the user attributes; and
using the identified permission levels to control administration of the user information.
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