Determining group membership
First Claim
1. A method for determining members of a group, comprising the steps of:
- determining nested members of a first group; and
reporting said nested members of said first group.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to technology for determining the members of groups. A group can have static members, dynamic members and/or nested members. An entity is a nested member of a first group if that entity is a member of a second group and the second group is a member of the first group. There can be multiple levels of nesting. For example, an entity can be a nested member of a first group if that entity is a member of a second group, which is a member of a third group, which is a member of a fourth group, . . . , which is a member of the first group. The present invention can determine the membership of a group, including the static members, dynamic members and/or nested members. Furthermore, the present invention can be used to expand one or more groups so that future requests to view the membership of a group can be performed in a more efficient manner.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for determining members of a group, comprising the steps of:
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determining nested members of a first group; and
reporting said nested members of said first group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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15. A method for identifying members of a group, comprising the steps of:
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determining dynamic members of a first group;
storing an identification of each of said dynamic members of said first group;
receiving a request to report members of said first group, said request is received subsequent to said step of storing; and
reporting said dynamic members of said first group in response to said request, said reporting of said dynamic members is performed based on said stored identification of said dynamic members.
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29. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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determining nested members of a first group; and
reporting said nested members of said first group.
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35. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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determining dynamic members of a first group;
storing an identification of each of said dynamic members of said first group;
and receiving a request to report members of said first group, said request is received subsequent to said step of storing; and
reporting said dynamic members of said first group in response to said request, said reporting of said dynamic members is performed based on said stored identification of said dynamic members.
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40. An apparatus that can determine members of a group, comprising:
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a communication interface; and
one or more processor in communication with said communication interface, said one or more processor perform a method comprising the steps of;
determining nested members of a first group, and reporting said nested members of said first group. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. An apparatus that can determine members of a group, comprising:
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a communication interface; and
one or more processor in communication with said communication interface, said one or more processor perform a method comprising the steps of;
determining dynamic members of a first group, said first group includes one or more static members, storing an identification of each of said dynamic members of said first group, and receiving a request to report members of said first group, said request is received subsequent to said step of storing, and reporting said static members and said dynamic members of said first group in response to said request, said reporting of said dynamic members is performed based on said stored identification of said dynamic members. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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