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Method and apparatus for access management

US8612590B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2003
Grant dateDec 17, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0209
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing access to a plurality of resources including host servers where selected ones of the host servers provide at least one application accessible to users across a network. The apparatus comprises a session manager and a request manager. The session manager couples to the resources for managing sessions for administrative and non-administrative ones of the users including login, authentication and logout to selected ones of the plurality of resources. The request manager couples to the session manager to condition access for administrative ones of the users on access request records each including a target resource among the plurality of resources and a time of access to the at least one target resource.

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