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Method and system for dynamically associating access rights with a resource

  • US 8,533,846 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2006
  • Issued: 09/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamically associating, by a server, access rights with a resource, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving, by a server, a request for a resource from a client;

    (b) transmitting, by a policy engine executing on the server, a collection agent to the client in response to receiving the request;

    (c) receiving, by the policy engine from the collection agent executing on the client, client information;

    (d) applying, by a first component of the policy engine, policies to the client information to generate a dataset comprising a plurality of identifiers, each of the plurality of identifiers identifying a respective condition satisfied by the client information;

    (e) transmitting, by the first component of the policy engine to a second component of the policy engine, the dataset comprising the plurality of identifiers;

    (f) applying, by the second component of the policy engine, policies to the dataset to identify a plurality of levels of access rights associated with the resource;

    (g) requesting, by the server from the second component of the policy engine, the plurality of levels of access rights to associate with the resource;

    (h) signing, by the server, the resource with the plurality of levels of access rights via an extensible rights markup language;

    (i) transmitting, by the server, the resource signed with the plurality of levels of access rights to the client;

    (j) making, by an application program responsive to receiving from the server the signed resource, an access control decision using the plurality of levels of access rights, the application program executing on the client; and

    (k) providing, by the application program, restricted access to the resource responsive to the access control decision.

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