Cool ice data wizard security service

• US 20030126110A1
• Filed: 11/12/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Brassil, J. Mark, Turba, Thomas N.
• Granted Patent: US 7,197,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request analysis of data from an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user has an assigned security profile specifying the data base management system access privileges permitted. This security profile may be readily changed by a system administrator. The administrator selects the user for whom the security profile is to be changed from a menu. The security profile change is specified on an HTML page and forwarded to the data wizard security service. This service generates script for accomplishing the specified change.

Claims

1. In a data processing system having a user terminal with a first security profile wherein said user terminal generates a service request for access to a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network, the improvement comprising:

a security service located within said data base management system which is capable of changing said first security profile of said user terminal to a second security profile using a security data wizard.

2. The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet.

3. The improvement according to claim 2 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer having a commercially available browser.

4. The improvement according to claim 3 further comprising an administrator terminal which specifies said change from said first security profile to said second security profile using said data wizard.

5. The improvement according to claim 4 wherein said data base management system is Classic Mapper.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a. a user terminal having a first security profile;

b. a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network; and

c. a security service responsively coupled to said user terminal and said data base management system which converts said first security profile of said user terminal to a second security profile using a data wizard.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet..

8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising an administrator terminal responsively coupled to said data wizard which specifies said change from said first security profile of said user terminal to said second security profile.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer containing a web browser.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising an HTML whereby said administrator terminal specifies said change to said data wizard.

11. A method of modifying a security profile of a user terminal coupled via a publically accessible digital data network to access a remote data base management system having a data base comprising:

a. specifying a desired security profile change at an administrator terminal;

b. transferring said specified desired security profile change from said administrator terminal to a data wizard security service;

c. generating script within said data wizard security service corresponding to said desired security profile change; and

d. executing said script to make said desired security profile change utilizing said script.

12. A method according to claim 11 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the world wide web.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer.

14. A method according to claim 13 wherein said specifying step further comprises filling out an HTML form.

15. A method according to claim 14 wherein said remote data base management system further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a. means having a first security profile for permitting a user to request service from a digital data base management system;

b. means responsively coupled to said permitting means via a publically accessible digital data communication network for honoring said service request; and

c. means responsively coupled to said honoring means and said permitting means for changing said first security profile to a second security profile via a data wizard.

17. An apparatus according to claim 16 wherein said changing means further comprises means for transferring said desired change from said first security profile to said second security profile as an HTML page.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17 wherein said changing means further comprises an administrator terminal.

19. An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said honoring means further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

20. An apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said permitting means further comprises an industry standard personal computer.