MANAGING APPLICATION ACCESS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20120110011A1
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intermountain Invention Management, LLC
• Original Assignee: IHC Intellectual Asset Management LLC
• Inventors: Allen, Carl F., Moon, Nathan B., King, Jason A.
• Application Number:
  US13/283,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems

Abstract

A computing device that is configured for managing application access is described. The computing device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The computing device determines one or more connectors needed to execute one or more commands using a mapping. The computing device executes the one or more commands using the one or more connectors. User information is updated to reflect any changes. One or more audit records are generated and stored.

Claims

1. A computing device that is configured for managing application access, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to;

determine, using a mapping, one or more connectors needed to execute one or more commands;

execute the one or more commands using the one or more connectors;

update user information to reflect any changes; and

generate and store one or more audit records.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein executing the one or more commands provides a consolidated view of application access information for one or more users.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the application access information is retrieved from multiple different sources.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the multiple different sources comprise a user information database and one or more application databases.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands are selected from a group consisting of:

one or more commands to retrieve application access for one or more users;

one or more commands to add application access for one or more users;

one or more commands to remove application access for one or more users; and

one or more commands to modify access for one or more users.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands are selected from a group consisting of:

one or more commands to retrieve one or more user permissions;

one or more commands to add one or more user permissions;

one or more commands to remove one or more user permissions; and

one or more commands to modify one or more user permissions.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands are selected from a group consisting of:

one or more commands to retrieve one or more user roles;

one or more commands to add one or more user roles;

one or more commands to remove one or more user roles; and

one or more commands to modify one or more user roles.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands comprise a command to retrieve application access information, user information and one or more audit records for one or more users.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the application access information is stored in one or more application databases or a user information database, the user information is stored in the user information database and the one or more audit records are stored in an audit database.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the one or more application databases, the user information database and the audit database are located on one computing device.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the one or more application databases, the user information database and the audit database are located on separate computing devices.

12. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the command originates from one of a group consisting of a local computing device and a remote computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more connectors are stored in an access management database.

14. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to receive and store an application access request from one or more users.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the instructions provide an automated workflow for managing user access requests.

16. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to receive approval of one or more user access requests.

17. The computing device of claim 1, wherein executing the one or more commands provides access to multiple applications.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the user information is a single set of information used to access the multiple applications.

19. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the multiple different sources are searchable.