Patent ID: 8381275
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for staged user identifier deletion, comprising: checking a status of a user identifier in response to a triggering event; in response to determining that the status of the user identifier indicates a marked for deletion status, performing a notification action indicating an access to the user identifier that is marked for deletion; monitoring a time value to determine whether a time for deletion associated with the user identifier with the marked for deletion status has been reached; resetting a last access field associated with the user identifier in response to receiving the triggering event and determining that the status of the user identifier indicates the marked for deletion status, the last access field indicating a date of a last access of the user identifier that is the marked for deletion; updating the time for deletion to a value in the last access field plus a time until deletion to extend the time for deletion based on the triggering event; and automatically deleting the user identifier with the marked for deletion status in response to determining that the time for deletion has been reached.