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Rule-based application access management

  • US 8,752,128 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2012
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • displaying resources;

    providing altitude stored in a table for a set of the resources;

    providing access control rules stored in the table for the set of resources at the altitude;

    providing a file object and a path in a table entry of the table associated with a resource of the set of resources, wherein the table entry further includes the altitude and an access control rule of the access control rules;

    receiving at runtime a request for the resource from an application having a process ID;

    determining whether the process ID is associated with the file object and the path;

    if it is determined that the process ID is associated with the file object and the path;

    populating a runtime table with the altitude, the access control rule, and the process ID;

    if it is determined that the process ID is not associated with the file object and the path;

    setting the access control rule to a Pass Through access control rule;

    populating the runtime table with the altitude, the Pass Through access control rule, and the process ID;

    providing security settings for the set of resources at the altitude.

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