Patent ID: 8997246
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: connecting a computing platform to a network; communicating with said network via said computing platform to authenticate one or more users attempting to access at least a portion of an application and/or authorize said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said application; receiving authorization metadata from said network responsive to authentication and/or authorization of said one or more users; receiving security metadata from said network responsive to the attempt to access the portion of the application, the portion of the application being controlled by a security policy; locally storing said received authorization metadata at said computing platform to enable said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said application through said computing platform following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network; and modifying the authorization metadata according to the security metadata without modifying source code of the application.