Patent ID: 9509698
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of sharing resources between a trustee tenant in a cloud network and a trustor tenant in the cloud network, the method comprising: receiving, by a trust builder module, a requirement file from the trustee tenant in the cloud network, said requirement file including at least one permission desired by said trustee tenant in the cloud network; searching, by the trust builder module, a storage zone for at least one opportunity file sent by the trustor tenant in the cloud network, said at least one opportunity file including said at least one permission; and storing, by the trust builder module, information representative of a trust relationship for sharing resources between said trustee and trustor tenants in the cloud network; receiving, by a reception module, from the trustee tenant in the cloud network a request to benefit from a permission to access a resource; identifying, by an identification module, a virtual role of the trustee tenant in the cloud network; verifying, by a verification module, that the trustor tenant in the cloud network includes a role that offers said permission and that the trust relationship for sharing resources has been established between the trustor tenant in the cloud network and the trustee tenant in the cloud network, said verification comprising determining that said virtual role of the trustee tenant in the cloud network points to said role of the trustor tenant in the cloud network; and authorizing or denying, by an access control module, said access as a function of whether it is determined during said verification that the trustor tenant in the cloud network includes the role that offers said permission and that the trust relationship for sharing resources has been established between the trustor tenant in the cloud network and the trustee tenant in the cloud network.