Patent ID: 8763070
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for processing electronic transactions according to policies, comprising: a user module configured to store computer-readable information related to at least one user; a policy module configured to store a plurality of policies for electronic transactions, wherein each policy for an electronic transaction comprises a subject value, target value, and action value, and wherein each policy also comprises at least one of an authorization or an obligation policy; and a processor configured to receive a request by the at least one user to access a physical space or be authorized to purchase an available item, and configured to dynamically compare, upon receipt of the request by the processor, the subject value, the target value, and the action value of each of the plurality of policies for the electronic transactions to the request by the at least one user to determine whether at least one of the plurality of policies applies to the request by the at least one user to access the physical space or be authorized to purchase the available item, wherein the subject value comprises an identification of the at least one user, the target value comprises an identification of the physical space or available item, and the action value comprises the request to access the physical space or the request to be authorized to purchase the available item, and wherein each of the plurality of policies is configured to apply to a plurality of users.