Patent · US Expired

Role-based portal to a workplace system

US7222369B2 · kind B2 · utility

152Cited by

1References

32Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Matthias Vering · Bad Schönborn, DE
Peter Barth · Neuwied, DE
Sven Schwerin-Wenzel · Dielheim, DE
Thomas Anton · Kirchseeon, DE
Peter Bittner · Hockenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2002
Grant date	May 22, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/105
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes storing a plurality of role data entries on a storage device coupled to a computer system, each role data entry corresponding to an assigned role of at least one of a plurality of individuals, each role corresponding to an enterprise with which the individual is associated and corresponding to a set of resources accessible through the computer system, receiving at the computer a resource request from one of the individuals, determining whether the requested resource is included in the set of accessible resources corresponding to the assigned role of the requesting individual, and selectively permitting access to the requested resource if the resource is determined to be in the set of resources corresponding to the assigned role of the requesting individual.

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