Cool ice data wizard security service

• US 7,197,499 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2002
• Issued: 03/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Brassil, J. Mark, Turba, Thomas N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kindred; Alford W.
• Application Number:
  US10/293,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20030126110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 707/9, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request analysis of data from an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user has an assigned security profile specifying the data base management system access privileges permitted. This security profile may be readily changed by a system administrator. The administrator selects the user for whom the security profile is to be changed from a menu. The security profile change is specified on an HTML page and forwarded to the data wizard security service. This service generates script for accomplishing the specified change.

Claims

1. A data processing system comprising;

a. a user terminal with a first security profile assigned thereto wherein said user terminal generates a service request;

b. a computer containing a data base management system which responds to said service request by execution of a sequence of command language script by said data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publicly accessible digital data communication network; and

c. a security service located within said computer containing said data base management system which changes said first security profile of said user terminal to a second security profile using a security data wizard presented on said user terminal providing a different scope of access to said service request from that associated with said first security profile assigned to said user terminal.

2. The data processing system according to claim 1 wherein said publicly accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet.

3. The data processing system according to claim 2 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer having a commercially available browser.

4. The data processing system according to claim 3 further comprising an administrator terminal which specifies said change from said first security profile to said second security profile using said data wizard.

5. The data processing system according to claim 4 wherein said data base management system is Classic MAPPER.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a. a user terminal having a first security profile which generates a service request in accordance with said first security profile;

b. a computer containing a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publicly accessible digital data communication network which honors said service request by executing a sequence of command language script in accordance with a security profile; and

c. a security service responsively coupled to said user terminal and located within said computer containing said data base management system which converts said first security profile of said user terminal to a second security profile using a data wizard wherein said second security profile has scope of access to said service request which is different from said first security profile.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said publicly accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising an administrator terminal responsively coupled to said data wizard which specifies said converting from said first security profile of said user terminal to said second security profile.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer containing a web browser.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising an HTML object whereby said administrator terminal specifies said change to said data wizard.

11. A method of modifying a security profile of a user terminal which generates a service request coupled via a publicly accessible digital data network to access a remote data base management system having a data base and which honors said service request comprising:

a. specifying a desired security profile change associated with said service request at an administrator terminal;

b. transferring said specified desired security profile change from said administrator terminal to a computer containing a data wizard security service;

c. generating script within said data wizard security service corresponding to said desired security profile change; and

d. executing said script within said computer to make said desired security profile change utilizing said script and associating said desired security profile with said service request.

12. A method according to claim 11 wherein said publicly accessible digital data communication network further comprises the world wide web.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer.

14. A method according to claim 13 wherein said specifying step further comprises filling out an HTML form.

15. A method according to claim 14 wherein said remote data base management system further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a. user terminal means having a first security profile for permitting a user to request service from a digital data base management system in accordance with said first security profile;

b. honoring means responsively coupled to said user terminal means via a publicly accessible digital data communication network for honoring said service request by executing a sequence of command language script; and

c. changing means located within said honoring means and responsively coupled to said user terminal means for changing said first security profile to a second security profile via a data wizard.

17. An apparatus according to claim 16 wherein said changing means further comprises means for transferring said desired change from said first security profile to said second security profile as an HTML page.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17 wherein said changing means further comprises and administrator terminal.

19. An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said honoring means further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

20. An apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said user terminal means further comprises an industry standard personal computer.