ACCESS AUTHORIZATION HAVING EMBEDDED POLICIES
First Claim
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1. A computer-readable storage medium whose contents cause a computer to:
- receive a request to load an application program image;
determine whether a policy is embedded within the application program image, and responsive to determining that a policy is embedded within the application program image;
extract the policy from the application program image;
load the application program image on the computer; and
apply the extracted policy to the application program image.
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Abstract
A facility for receiving an embedded policy is provided. The facility checks an application program image for the presence of an embedded policy. If an embedded policy is detected, the facility extracts the policy from within the application program image. The facility may then apply the extracted policy to the application program image before the application program image is loaded and/or executed. Moreover, the facility may check the application program image'"'"'s integrity prior to extracting the embedded policy.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium whose contents cause a computer to:
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receive a request to load an application program image; determine whether a policy is embedded within the application program image, and responsive to determining that a policy is embedded within the application program image; extract the policy from the application program image; load the application program image on the computer; and apply the extracted policy to the application program image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. One or more computer memories collectively containing an application program image, the application program image having an embedded policy delimited within the application program image, such that the embedded policy is extracted and applied to the application program image prior to loading the application program image on a computer.
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10. A computer-readable storage medium whose contents cause a computer to:
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receive a request to load a policy applicable to an application program, the request made by a process executing on the computer other than an instance of the application program; store the policy in a policy repository; and associate the policy with the corresponding application program, such that the stored policy is subsequently applied to an instance of the application program executing on the computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. One or more computer memories in a computing system collectively containing a policy applicable to an application program, the policy delivered by a process executing on the computing system, wherein the process is other than a process of the application program,
such that the policy is applied to an instance of the application program executing on the computing system.
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14. A method in a computing system for receiving an embedded policy, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to load an application program image; determining whether a policy is embedded within the application program image; responsive to determining that a policy is embedded in the application program image; extracting the policy from the application program image; loading the application program image; and applying the extracted policy to the loaded application program image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method in a computing system for receiving a policy applicable to an application program, the method comprising:
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receiving from a first process executing on a computing system a request to load a policy applicable to an application program, wherein the first process is not a process of the application program; storing the policy in a policy repository; and associating the policy to the application program, such that the policy is applied to a subsequent instance of the application program executing on the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A system for applying an embedded policy, the system comprising:
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a means for receiving a request to load an image of an application program; a means for determining whether a policy is embedded within the image of the application program; responsive to determining that a policy is embedded within the image of the application program; a means for extracting the policy from the image of the application program; a means for loading the image of the application program on the computer; and a means for applying the extracted policy to the image of the application program executing on the computer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for receiving from a process a policy applicable to another process, the system comprising:
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an update process operable to deliver a policy applicable to a legacy application program, the update process not a process of the legacy application program; and a policy loader component operable to receive the policy applicable to the second process from the first process, the policy loader component also operable to store the received policy in a policy repository and associate the policy with the legacy application program, such that the stored policy is applied to an instance of the application program. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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