Patent ID: 8453203
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising: storing for each of a plurality of entities policy data corresponding thereto for governing interaction with at least one of entities utilizing an interoperability network, including: receiving a message from the network device to access a component of the interoperability network; in response to the receipt of the message, merging the first policy data of the network device and the second policy data of the group defined by the role of the one of the network device and the user of the network device to produce a combined policy that is honored by both of the network device and the group defined by the role of the one of the network device and the user of the network device; evaluating the combined policy with respect to the received message; determining whether the message is associated with a policy violation, based on the evaluation of the combined policy; rejecting the message when the determination is that the message is associated with the policy violation; and transmitting the message when the determination is that the message is not associated with the policy violation.