Processing of restricted access data

US9317697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Albert Maier · Tübingen, DE
• Thomas Rech · Rittersheim, DE
• Johannes Schuetzner · Eppelheim, DE
• Volker Seemann · Potsdam, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F21/6209
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments related to processing of restricted-access data. An aspect includes receiving a request for data from a user by a storage system infrastructure comprising a centralized database that stores non-restricted access data and a local system that stores restricted-access data associated with a first set of areas or entities and comprising a federated database for providing a federated view, wherein the requested data comprises restricted-access first data and non-restricted access second data. Another aspect includes based on an association of the user, routing, by a routing entity, the request to the local system. Another aspect includes receiving the request at the at least one federated database of the local system. Another aspect includes retrieving from the federated database the restricted-access first data and the non-restricted access second data. Another aspect includes displaying the federated view comprising the restricted-access first data and the non-restricted access second data to the user.