Patent ID: 11902832
Assignee: SPIDEROAK, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, comprising instructions to:
obtain a first role among multiple roles associated with a first user,
wherein the multiple roles are arranged in hierarchical levels,
wherein the first role indicates a subset of commands among the multiple commands that the first role can issue;

obtain a third command issued by the first user and a second user affected by the third command; and
determine whether the third command is valid by:
determining whether the third command issued by the first user belongs to the subset of commands that the first role associated with the first user can issue;
obtaining a second role associated with the second user, a second hierarchical level associated with the second role, and a first hierarchical level associated with the first role;
determining whether a first hierarchical level among the hierarchical levels matches or is higher than the second hierarchical level; and
upon determining the third command belongs to the subset of commands and determining that the first hierarchical level among the hierarchical levels matches or is higher than the second hierarchical level, determining that the third command is valid.