Methods and systems for providing access control to electronic data

US7913311B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Rossmann Alain · Palo Alto, US
• Patrick Zuili · Boca Raton, US
• Michael Michio Ouye · Palo Alto, 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: Aug 10, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2029

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.