Method and architecture for providing pervasive security to digital assets

US7260555B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Guardian Data Storage, LLC · US

Inventors

• Alain Rossmann · Palo Alto, US
• Patrick Zuili · Boca Raton, US
• Michael Michio Ouya · Portola Valley, US
• Serge Humpich · Ozoir-la-Ferrière, FR
• Chang-Ping Lee · Palo Alto, US
• Klimenty Vainstein · Cupertino, US
• Hal Hilderbrand · Moss Beach, US
• Denis Jacques Paul Garcia · Palo Alto, US
• Senthilvasan Supramaniam · Redwood City, US
• Weiqing Huang · Flower Mound, US
• Nicholas Michael Ryan · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/102
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) with a need to access secured data. Within the server module, various access rules for the secured data and/or access privileges for the user can be created, updated and managed so that the user with the proper access privileges can access the secured documents if granted by the corresponding access rules in the secured data.