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Self-service systems and methods for granting access to resources

  • US 9,202,043 B1
  • Filed: 01/07/2014
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Non-transitory physical computer storage comprising instructions stored thereon for implementing, in one or more processors, a method of automatically identifying suitable groups for a user to join and thereby gain access to a network resource, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request for access to a network resource for which a user does not currently have access;

    identifying available groups that have access to the network resource;

    computing a suitability of each of the available groups based on one or more suitability factors, the one or more suitability factors reflecting one or more of the following;

    access rights held by the available groups, one or more characteristics of the available groups, one or more characteristics of the resource, and one or more characteristics of the user; and

    outputting one or more of the available groups as one or more suitable groups based on the computed suitability for the one or more available groups.

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