Method and apparatus for role mapping methodology for user registry migration

• US 8,103,640 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2005
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Activision Publishing Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lo, Lewis
• Primary Examiner(s): Chbouki, Tarek
• Application Number:
  US11/070,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20060200504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: 707/9, 707/100, 705/14, 706/47, 709/206, 709/226, 709/229, 709/232, 709/246, 711/112, 711/162, 713/182, 714/35, 719/315, 719/328, 726/1, 726/26
• US Class Current: 707/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for role mapping methodology for user registry migration. A migration engine is provided, which conjoins a set of conditions defined in a role mapping file to form a set of migration rules. The migration engine evaluates the migration rules against the current role of each user in the user registry and determines if the user should be assigned a new role. If a new role is assigned, the migration engine updates the user registry with the new role.

Claims

1. A method performed in a data processing system for mapping user roles for a user registry migration, the method comprising:

detecting a role mapping file comprising a set of rules, wherein each rule defines a set of conditions for assigning a new role;

conjoining the set of conditions to form a set of migration rules for the new role;

retrieving a current role of at least one user from a list of users in a user registry;

applying at least one migration rule from the set of migration rules to the current role of the at least one user;

determining if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule;

assigning the new role to the at least one user if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule; and

updating the user registry with the new role for the at least one user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each rule of the set of rules defines a user role to which a user is assigned if all conditions in the set of conditions are satisfied.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the role mapping file is formatted in a markup language format.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of rules is defined by an end user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of conditions includes a set of roles, a new role name, and a mode.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the mode includes one of ANY and ALL mode.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the conjoining step comprises:

generating an expression using set theory for an ANY condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the conjoining step comprises:

generating an expression using set theory for an ALL condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the conjoining step includes joining two or more conditions in the set with an AND operator to form a migration rule.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises:

determining that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeating the applying, determining, assigning, and updating steps until all migration rules in the set of migration rules are applied.

13. A data processing system for mapping user roles for a user registry migration, the data processing system comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor via a processor bus;

wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to detect a role mapping file comprising a set of rules, wherein each rule defines a set of conditions for assigning a new role;

conjoin the set of conditions to form a set of migration rules for the new role;

retrieve a current role of at least one user from a list of users in a user registry;

apply at least one migration rule from the set to the current role of the at least one user;

determine if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule;

assign the new role to the at least one user if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule; and

update the user registry with the new role for the at least one user.

14. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein each rule of the set of rules defines a user role to which a user is assigned if all conditions in the set of conditions are satisfied.

15. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to conjoin the set of conditions by generating an expression using set theory for an ANY condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

16. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to conjoin the set of conditions by generating an expression using set theory for an ALL condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

17. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to conjoin the set of conditions by joining two or more conditions in the set with an AND operator to form a migration rule.

18. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to determine that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

19. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to determine if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule by determining that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

20. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the processor is adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to repeat the applying, determining, assigning, and updating steps until all migration rules in the set of migration rules are applied.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, with an executable program stored therein configured to map user role for a user registry migration, wherein executable instructions further comprises:

first instructions for detecting a role mapping file comprising a set of rules, wherein each rule defines a set of conditions for assigning a new role;

second instructions for conjoining the set of conditions to form a set of migration rules for the new role;

third instructions for retrieving a current role of at least one user from a list of users in a user registry;

fourth instructions for applying at least one migration rule from the set to the current role of the at least one user;

fifth instructions for determining if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule;

sixth instructions for assigning the new role to the at least one user if the current role of the at least one user satisfies the at least one migration rule; and

seventh instructions for updating the user registry with the new role for the at least one user.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein each rule of the set of rules defines a user role to which a user is assigned if all conditions in the set of conditions are satisfied.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second instructions comprises:

first sub-instructions for generating an expression using set theory for an ANY condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

24. The computer readable storage medium claim 21, wherein the second instructions comprises:

first sub-instructions for generating an expression using set theory for an ALL condition in the set of conditions, wherein the expression evaluates if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

25. The computer readable storage medium claim 21, wherein the second instructions includes first sub-instructions for joining two or more conditions in the set with an AND operator to form a migration rule.

26. The computer readable storage medium claim 23, wherein the fifth instructions comprises:

first sub-instructions for determining that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role is any of a set of roles specified in the ANY condition.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the fifth instructions comprises:

first sub-instructions for determining that the at least one migration rule is satisfied if the current role includes a set of roles specified in the ALL condition.

28. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, further comprising:

eighth instructions for repeating the applying, determining, assigning, and updating means until all migration rules in the set of migration rules are applied.