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Access control for distributed content servers

  • US 20020147929A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2001
  • Published: 10/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for controlling access to file on a server over a network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) allowing a content originator to publish a file on a first server and to specify what users are authorized to access to file;

    (b) replicating the file from the first server on a second server;

    (c) in response to receiving a URL request from a client for a file from the first server, determining if a user of the client has been granted authorization to access the file;

    (d) generating a ticket that includes an identifier identifying the particular file on the second server if the user has been granted authorization access;

    (e) creating a redirect URL ticket to the file on the second server by (i) modifying the client'"'"'s URL request to identify the second server, and (ii) augmenting the URL request with the ticket authorizing access to the particular file; and

    (f) returning the redirect URL ticket to the client, such that the client uses the redirect URL to request the file from the second server.

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