Network-based permissioning system

US11431753B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Palantir Technologies Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Elliot · Kingston, US
• Jason Zhao · Suisun City, US
• Brian C. Schimpf · Harvard, US
• Jacob Meacham · Sunnyvale, US
• Marco Gelmi · London, GB
• Benjamin Duffield · New York, US
• Savino Sguera · London, GB
• James Baker · Farmington, US
• Neil Rickards · London, GB
• Javier Campanini · Kingston, US
• Qinfeng Chen · Bellerose Terrace, US
• Derek Cicerone · New York, US
• Nathan Ziebart · East Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2463/121
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for managing access permissions associated with data resources. Example embodiments involve evaluating user access permissions with respect to shared data resources of a group of network applications. The method includes receiving a request to access a data resource. The method further includes accessing a policy object linked to the data resource that includes an effective policy for the data resource. The method further includes evaluating a user's access permissions with respect to the data resource based on the policy object and communicating a response to the network application that includes the access permission of the user.