Distributed environment controlled access facility

US7886342B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Rahul Jindani · Newbury Park, US
• Vinod Kannoth · Glen Allen, US
• Deepak Kanwar · South Burlington, US
• Rinku Kanwar · Saint Paul, US
• Jay Krishnamurthy · Framingham, US
• Gregory L. McKee · Concord, US
• Sandeep Mehta · Beverly, US
• Penny J. Peachey-Kountz · South Burlington, US
• Ravi K. Ravipati · Colchester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A computer implemented web based access control facility for a distributed environment, which allows users to request for access, take the request through appropriate approval work flow and finally make it available to the users and applications. This program also performs an automatic task of verifying the health of data, access control data as well as the entitlements, to avoid malicious user access. The system also provides an active interface to setup a backup, to delegate the duty in absence. Thus this system provides a comprehensive facility to grant, re-certify and control the entitlements and users in a distributed environment.