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Policy inheritance through nested groups

US7644432B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

BEA Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Paul Patrick · Manchester, US
David Byrne · Woburn, US
Kenneth Yagen · San Francisco, US
Mingde Xu · San Jose, US
Jason Howes · Cambridge, US
Mark Falco · Burlington, US
Richard J. Riendeau · Burlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2004
Grant date	Jan 5, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for policy inheritance, comprising, defining a first group wherein the first group refers to at least one of: a user and a group different from the first group, defining a second group wherein the second group is nested within the first group, defining a first policy wherein the first policy includes a resource, a subject and one of, an action and a role, and wherein the subject includes the first group, inheriting the first policy by the second group, wherein the resource is part of a resource hierarchy, and wherein the first policy can be used to control access to the resource.

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