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;
a plurality of client agents storing at least one or more attributes of the second client; and
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 plurality of agent clients for the one or more attributes associated with the second client and the first client receives the at least one or more attributes from the plurality of agent clients.
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Abstract
A computer system and methods for 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 system and methods allow a querying client to obtain permission and/or attributes from a queried client, even if the queried client is unavailable.
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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; a plurality of client agents storing at least one or more attributes of the second client; and 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 plurality of agent clients for the one or more attributes associated with the second client and the first client receives the at least one or more attributes from the plurality of agent clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented 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 plurality of agent clients storing data associated with the at least one of the one or more attributes; and receiving by the first client, the at least one of the one or more attributes from the plurality of agent clients. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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