Patent ID: 7581011
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. In an access management system comprising an identity system for managing identity profiles and an access system for providing security of resources across one or more web servers, a method for defining a custom workflow for managing entity identities, the method comprising the steps of: accessing, at the access management system, a template that indicates one or more parameters for defining one or more custom workflows for managing identity profiles, wherein said one or more parameters define operations to be performed on identity profiles as part of said one or more custom workflows; modifying the template by receiving input configured to define workflow customization options, wherein the modifying of the template is accomplished without the use of scripts by allowing a user to select and/or modify the workflow customization options which are presented to the user in a graphical user interface; dynamically creating, at the identity system, a definition of a first custom workflow for managing an identity profile for at least one user, based on said modified template, wherein said identity profile is used by said access management system to control access by said at least one user to said resources across one or more web servers, wherein the first custom workflow is configured to automate the process of managing the identity profile by executing the operation defined by one or more custom workflow parameters, wherein said dynamically creating includes: storing, the identity system, said definition of said first custom workflow at a mass storage device.