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Storage and privacy service

US10140469B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2018
Grant dateNov 27, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for an object; retrieving one or more rules to evaluate whether to allow or deny access to the object, wherein a first rule is of an allow-type or a deny-type; evaluating the first rule by executing one or more of its operations, wherein when any of the executed operations of the first rule returns a result that is not definitive, if the first rule is of the allow-type, assigning a final result as an indication to skip evaluation of the rule, and if the rule is of the deny-type, assigning the final result to the first rule as an indication to deny access to the object; determining final results for the one or more rules; and based on the final results, allowing or denying access to the object.

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