Method of and apparatus for managing predicted future user accounts assigned to a computer
US7058708B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/008
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a method and components for managing admission of new user accounts onto a computer entity, for example a headless computer entity, by predicting future utilization of functionality by each of a plurality of existing user accounts on the computer entity, as well as predicting a utilization of any new user accounts requested to be admitted to the computer entity. Various warnings are displayed to an administrator, and an administrator can modify and override automatically generated limit parameters for admitting or rejecting new user accounts. The method and apparatus automatically manage entry and rejection of new users onto the computer entity, without the need for administrator intervention at every admission of a new user account.
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