Method and apparatus for display of access control in a graphical user interface
First Claim
1. A method for display of access control in a graphical user interface (100) including:
- displaying resources in a tree structure (102) having a plurality of nodes (104, 114, 120 . . . ), each node representing a resource and each resource having the potential for one or more users in relation to one or more actions on the resource; and
selectively displaying, in association with a node, permission to perform an action (134) on a resource by a principal, wherein the principal is an individual user or a group of users.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for display of access control in a graphical user interface (100) is provided including displaying resources in a tree structure (102) having a plurality of nodes (104, 114, 120. . . ). Each node represents a resource and each resource has the potential for one or more users in relation to one or more actions on the resource. Permission to perform an action on a resource by a principal can be selectively displayed (134). The principal can be an individual user or a group of users. The result of a query relating to permission to perform an action on a specified resource for a principal (182) can be displayed on the tree structure (102).
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29 Claims
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1. A method for display of access control in a graphical user interface (100) including:
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displaying resources in a tree structure (102) having a plurality of nodes (104, 114, 120 . . . ), each node representing a resource and each resource having the potential for one or more users in relation to one or more actions on the resource; and
selectively displaying, in association with a node, permission to perform an action (134) on a resource by a principal, wherein the principal is an individual user or a group of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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15. An apparatus for display of access control in a graphical user interface including:
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a display of resources in a tree structure (102) having a plurality of nodes (104, 114, 118, 120 . . . ), each node representing a resource and each resource having the potential for one or more users in relation to one or more actions on the resource; and
means for selectively, in association with a node, displaying permission to perform an action (134) on a resource by a principal, wherein the principal is an individual user or a group of users.
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29. A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code means for performing the steps of:
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displaying resources in a tree structure having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a resource and each resource having the potential for one or more users in relation to one or more actions on the resource;
selectively displaying permission to perform an action on a resource by a principal;
wherein the principal is an individual user or a group of users.
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