CLIENT AGENTS FOR OBTAINING ATTRIBUTES FROM UNAVAILABLE CLIENTS
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1. A distributed client computer system, comprising:
- a first client capable of requesting one or more attributes associated with an unavailable second client;
one or more client agents storing at least one of the one or more attributes of the second client,a server for receiving the first client'"'"'s request, the server having a permissions database for storing a data entry specifying attribute-sharing permissions between the first client and the second unavailable client;
wherein, in operation, the server forwards the request to the one or more agent clients for the one or more attributes associated with the second client.
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Abstract
Creating an agency relationship among clients of a computer system with respect to personal privileged, or otherwise sensitive permissions and/or attributes, is described. The technique enables a querying client to obtain permission and/or attributes from a queried client, even if the queried client is unavailable.
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20 Claims
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1. A distributed client computer system, comprising:
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a first client capable of requesting one or more attributes associated with an unavailable second client; one or more client agents storing at least one of the one or more attributes of the second client, a server for receiving the first client'"'"'s request, the server having a permissions database for storing a data entry specifying attribute-sharing permissions between the first client and the second unavailable client; wherein, in operation, the server forwards the request to the one or more agent clients for the one or more attributes associated with the second client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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receiving a query from a first client for one or more attributes associated with a second client; if the first client has permission to access at least one of the one or more attributes associated with the second client, querying an agent client of a plurality of agent clients storing data associated with the at least one of the one or more attributes; receiving the at least one of the one or more attributes from the agent client. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a means for receiving a query from a first client for one or more attributes associated with a second client; a means for, if the first client has permission to access at least one of the one or more attributes associated with the second client, querying an agent client of a plurality of agent clients storing data associated with the at least one of the one or more attributes; a means for receiving the at least one of the one or more attributes from the agent client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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