Permitting granular distribution of privileges to contextual communities

US9805376B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Pradipta De · Sherghati, IN
• Kuntal Dey · New Delhi, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2017
• Expiry date: May 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0239
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and arrangements for the granular distribution of privileges to contextual communities. A user request for an active capability is assimilated. A code is generated which permits exercise of the active capability by the user and at least one secondary recipient. Execution of the active capability is permitted responsive to an attempt at executing the active capability by at least one taken from the group consisting of: the user and the at least one secondary recipient, and execution of the active capability is denied responsive to an attempt at executing the active capability by a recipient other than the user and the at least one secondary recipient.