Patent ID: 6799177
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
An extranet system for controlling access to web sites of the extranet, comprisinga database of stored files corresponding to the web sites of the extranet, an authentication component to validate identification data submitted by a user to verify the identity of the user as one registered user of a plurality of registered users of the extranet, a directory, coupled to the authentication component, and including a listing of the plurality of registered users related to a listing of access policies indicating which at least one of the web sites of the extranet each registered user can access, an access control system, coupled to the directory, to restrict access of the one registered user to the at least one of the web sites of the extranet indicated by the access policy related to the one registered user, and a file server to provide to the one registered user the files as stored in the database corresponding to the at least one of the web sites of the extranet indicated by the access policy related to the one registered user.