Patent ID: 11936655
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory on which is stored instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
identify a resource that an entity accessed over a predetermined period of time, wherein the entity is to use a permission assigned to the entity to access the identified resource;
identify groups of permissions that comprise the permission the entity used to access the identified resource, wherein the groups of permissions are assigned respective values;
determine permutations of the groups of permissions, wherein the permutations of the groups of permissions are various combinations of the groups of permissions that comprise the permission that the entity used to access the identified resource;
calculate scores for the permutations of the groups of permissions based on the respective values assigned to the groups of permissions;
identify a subset of the permutations of the groups of permissions that have lowest scores; and
output information pertaining to the subset of the permutations of the groups of permissions having the lowest scores.