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Method and apparatus for using a role based access control system on a network

  • US 7,568,217 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2003
  • Issued: 07/28/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for using a role based access control system on a network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • detecting that a user has initiated, during a network session, an operation to be performed requiring a resource provided on the network;

    identifying a condition specified from the user initiating the operation;

    wherein the condition is that the user must be assigned a particular conditional role, which is mutually exclusive with at least one other role already assigned to the user, to perform the operation requiring the resource;

    determining, based on the condition, whether the particular conditional role is to be assigned to the user during the network session, the particular conditional role defining a set of one or more privileges for a class of users on the network, the set of one or more privileges comprising a privilege required to perform the operation; and

    in the same network session, dynamically assigning to the user in response to the detecting and determining, the particular conditional role from a plurality of otherwise mutually exclusive roles that the user is allowed to mutually occupy if the condition is satisfied.

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