Patent ID: 9000884
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A mode-based access control method comprising: making a security mode list which indicates security setting states of devices existing in a network; setting, by a user, a specific security mode selected from security modes on the security mode list; and making the devices perform functions thereof in the specific security mode, wherein the making of the security mode list comprises: performing user authentication to check whether a user has an authority to make the security mode list; if the user has authority to make the security mode list, editing the security mode list by adding a new security mode to the security mode list or removing an existing security mode from the security mode list; grouping devices that each security mode can be applied to the security mode list; setting service item values of the devices based on information on access control lists (ACL) of the devices; and reflecting contents performed in the grouping of the devices and the setting of the service item values in the security mode list, wherein the security mode list is modifiable by a user, wherein the setting of the specific security mode comprises: performing user authentication to check whether a user has an authority to set the security mode; if the user has authority to set the security mode, selecting a security mode that the user wants to set; synchronizing all the ACLs respectively stored in the devices to be operated in the selected security mode; and collectively changing the security settings states of the devices based on the access control lists, wherein the making the devices perform functions there of comprises causing the devices having the synchronized ACLs to perform functions thereof according to the service item values of the devices, and wherein the mode-based access control method further comprises converting the specific security mode based on a result of comparing mode priorities of the security modes.