Patent ID: 7774462
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing apparatus to establish an agency relationship to perform delegated computing tasks, the apparatus having computer memory comprising: an agent initiation module configured to initiate an agency relationship between an agent and a principal to perform a delegated computing task; a credentials module configured to establish credentials of the agent to perform the delegated computing task on behalf of the principal, the credentials module configured to establish the identity of the agent and to authorize the agent, with the agency credentials that establish the agency relationship between the agent and the principal, to perform the delegated computing tasks acting as the principal; and a computing module configured to perform delegated computing tasks by the agent on behalf of the principal, wherein the agent performs the delegated computing task as if the principal performed the delegated computing task, wherein the identity of the agent and the principal are recorded in association with the delegated computing task such that the computing tasks performed by the principal and the agent are separately identifiable.