Patent ID: 9665700
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of managing access to a plurality of resources available remotely from at least one computing device, the plurality of resources comprising at least one software application providing at least one computer program and at least one hardware component, the method comprising: storing, in a memory in electronic communication with the at least one computing device, a plurality of access level indicators for indicating a plurality of different types of access, wherein each access level indicator in the plurality of access level indicators indicates a different type of access in the plurality of different types of access, each different type of access is a type of access to at least one resource in the plurality of resources; storing in the memory a plurality of identifiers for identifying different users having access to the at least one computing device and possible access to the plurality of resources; for each resource in the plurality of resources, storing in the memory a resource access level indicator for that resource, wherein the resource access level indicator is selected from the plurality of access level indicators; for each identifier in the plurality of identifiers, storing in the memory a user access level indicator for that identifier, wherein the user access level indicator is selected from the plurality of access level indicators; before granting access to a resource in the plurality of resources for a user seeking access to the resource using a computing device in the at least one computing device, operating at least one processor, the at least one processor being in electronic communication with the computing device, to: wherein each resource of the plurality of resources is one of the at least one software application and the at least one hardware component.