Patent ID: 8225416
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing entitlements, the apparatus comprising: a memory device having stored therein information regarding a plurality of entitlement-eligible entities and information regarding one or more entitlements currently associated with each entitlement-eligible entity, wherein said memory device further comprises community information stored therein regarding a plurality of communities and regarding which entitlement-eligible entities are in which communities; and a processing device communicatively coupled to said memory device, wherein said processing device is configured to select a first community of entitlement-eligible entities and a second community of entitlement-eligible entities, wherein the processing device is further configured to determine, based on a review of the one or more entitlements currently associated with each entitlement-eligible entity within the selected first and second communities, a likelihood ratio indicating the number of entitlement-eligible entities in the first community having an associated selected entitlement versus the number of entitlement-eligible entities in the second community having the associated selected entitlement, and wherein the processing device is further configured to make a determination about whether the selected entitlement requires validation or not prior to providing the selected entitlement to an entitlement-eligible entity in the second community based at least partially on the likelihood ratio for the selected entitlement.