Collaboration control system and method

• US 20020188729A1
• Filed: 06/12/2001
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Dai, Hong, Ghanime, George, Wang, Yu, Zhou, Rui
• Application Number:
  US09/878,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20020188729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4523 using lightweight directory access protocol [LDAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4552 Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

A collaboration control system and method for managing use of a plurality of resources includes a user information collection routine for collecting user account information for a user using the resources and creating an LDAP user account entry. A mirror routine automatically generates mirror persons from the user account entry and maintains the mirror persons within the resources to identify the user across the resources.

Claims

1. A collaboration control system system for managing use of a plurality of resources, comprising:

a user information collection routine for collecting user account information for a user using the resources and creating an LDAP user account entry; and

a mirror routine for automatically generating mirror persons from the LDAP user account entry and maintaining the mirror persons within the resources to identify the user across the resources.

2. The collaboration control system according to claim 1, wherein the user information comprises a user name and a password.

3. The collaboration control system according to claim 1, wherein the resources comprise databases.

4. The collaboration control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a profile management routine for updating the information in the user account entry.

5. The collaboration control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a password notification routine for sending an electronic mail message to the user,

wherein the electronic mail message contains a user password.

6. The collaboration control system according to claim 1, wherein the resources are Internet-accessible.

7. A method of managing use of a plurality of resources, comprising:

collecting user account information for a user using the resources and creating an LDAP user account entry; and

automatically generating mirror persons from the LDAP user account entry; and

maintaining the mirror persons within the resources to identify the user across the resources.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the user information comprises a user name and a password.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the resources comprise databases.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

updating the information in the user account entry.

11. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

sending an electronic mail message to the user,

wherein the electronic mail message contains a user password.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the resources are Internet-accessible.

14. The computer-readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising:

a profile management routine for updating the information in the user account entry.

15. The computer-readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising:

a password notification routine for sending an electronic mail message to the user,

wherein the electronic mail message contains a user password.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for managing use of a plurality of resources, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

a user information collection routine for collecting user account information for a user using the resources and creating and LDAP user account entry; and

a mirror routine for automatically generating mirror persons from the LDAP user account entry and maintaining the mirror persons within the resources to identify the user across the resources.