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Database system and method for access control and workflow routing

  • US 7,979,463 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2006
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a role relationship associated with a user viewing a current page in an interactive application and a candidate set of information that is accessible by the user, the method comprising:

  • identifying, using a computer processor, a user identification and a subject identification from a page context associated with the current page, wherein the user identification is a database key that identifies the user viewing the current page, and wherein the subject identification is a database key that identifies the candidate set of information that is accessible by the user, the set of information regarding an entity, and wherein a subject name identifies the type of information of the candidate set of information;

    identifying, using the computer processor, a page name from the page context, wherein the page name identifies the current page;

    determining the role relationship associated with the subject identification and the user identification using a set of role views, which are database views, stored in a database external to the page context, and wherein the role relationship specifies a role played by the user with respect to the entity; and

    storing the role relationship in a log roles table, wherein the log roles table is a database table that is stored external to the page context.

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