Patent ID: 11941134
Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A computing system, comprising:
one or more processors;
at least one memory; and
an access control component configured to perform operations for protecting data, the operations comprising—
receiving, at the computing system and from a remote device, a request to access protected content or data, wherein the request comprises:
credentials associated with the remote device and a user of the remote device, the credentials including a user identifier and a network resource identifier; and
an indication of an electronic ticket granted to the user, wherein the electronic ticket is separate from the credentials, and wherein the electronic ticket defines access control rules, the access control rules including a time range rule, a user identifier rule, and a network resource rule;

comparing, at the computing system, as defined by the access control rules, the access control rules with (a) a time associated with the received request, and (b) the user identifier from the credentials and/or the network resource identifier from the credentials; and
determining, at the computing system, whether the request to access the protected content or data should be granted based on a result of the comparing,
wherein—
when it is determined that the request should be granted, enabling access to the protected content or data on the computing system, and
when it is determined that the request should not be granted, denying access to the protected content or data or data on the computing system.