System and method for incremental refresh of a compiled access control table in a content management system
US7284265B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/6218
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System and method for authorizing access to an entity by a user, by binding an access control list to each entity; specifying for the user a set of user privileges; intersecting the access control list and set of user privileges in a compiled ACL table; incrementally refreshing the compiled ACL table responsive to run time modification of relevant tables containing the access control list and set of user privileges; and referencing the compiled access control list to authorize a user request to access an entity.
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