Patent ID: 7120635
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of executing event-based database access requests, said method comprising: establishing an access control policy comprising a set of events, wherein each of said events is capable of leading to a change of access rights in an access rights database; receiving a database access request from a user; determining whether said request includes an explicit authorization privilege; inferring an authorization privilege if said explicit authorization privilege is absent; inferring any of association rules and inference rules from said access rights database representing patterns between different access rights granted in an organization; verifying an inferred authorization privilege; and executing said access request, wherein said step of inferring an authorization privilege includes algorithmically mining occurrence patterns of access rights from existing user records, and wherein if a similarity between two patterns is within a specified threshold, said mining suggesting or inferring access rights be granted to said user.