Patent ID: 6496821
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a data processing environment having a user terminal with a user-id for generating a service request for access to a first data column within a first data table responsively coupled to a data base management system via a publically accessible digital data network having at least one data base having a plurality of data tables wherein said first data table contains at least one data column wherein said at least one data column includes said first data column, the improvement comprising:a. an administration terminal responsively coupled to said data base management system whereat an administrator assigns a security profile corresponding to said user-id; and b. wherein said security profile corresponding to said user-id permits said user terminal to access the entirety of said first data column of said first data table if and only if said security profile corresponds to access to said first data column of said first data table.