Trust and identity in secure calendar sharing collaboration

US8261329B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel C. Gurney · Westford, US
• Carol A. Jones · Raleigh, US
• Anthony Joseph Nadalin · Austin, US
• Nataraj Nagaratnam · Cary, US
• John J Rawls · San Marcos, US
• Robert L. Yates · Cambridge, US
• Alfred Zollar · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L9/321
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, a system includes a database of trust information that internalizes security and trust relationships between a first entity and a second entity in regards to scheduling, and a central trust manager operable to determine from the database of trust information whether a trust relationship exists between a first organization and a second organization, the central trust manager also being operable to provide availability information of a user of the first organization to a second user of the second organization, the central trust manager also being operable to determine whether the second user of the second organization is granted access to requested calendar data and the central trust manager also being operable to provide the requested calendar data.