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Self-service resource provisioning having collaborative compliance enforcement

  • US 7,707,623 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2006
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing self-service resource provisioning having collaborative compliance enforcement, comprising:

  • displaying a hierarchical list of resources for selection of at least one of a plurality of privileges associated with the resources;

    in response to a user selecting at least one of the privileges from the hierarchical list, adding the selected privilege to a request cart to enable the user to initiate a request for the privilege; and

    in response to a user submitting the request cart, automatically invoking a workflow process to approve a request for the privilege, wherein the workflow is dynamically generated at least in part from a structure of the hierarchical list of resources and a location of the privilege within the hierarchical list,wherein approval for the request of the privilege is granted by requesting approval from a chain of one or more people associated with the privilege and its corresponding resource as defined by the structure of the hierarchical list;

    wherein once the request for the privilege is submitted for a target user, the workflow process initiates a chain of approval by first sending a request for approval to a manager of the target user, then sending respective requests for approval to a manager of the privilege and a manager of the resource to which the privilege is linked in the hierarchical list; and

    wherein the workflow process is configured such that a countdown timer having a designated duration is associated with each privilege in the hierarchical list, wherein once the request for the privilege is submitted the corresponding countdown timer is started, and as the countdown timer begins to expire, the workflow low process sends approval request reminders at increasingly rapid intervals to the managers who have yet to respond.

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