Patent ID: 9027155
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system that authorizes the sharing of stored data, comprising: an asset creation device that creates at least one software asset, the software asset including a software package; an asset management system that authorizes a third-party user to render summary information corresponding to the at least one asset for the third party user on behalf of the asset creation device; a repository having a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that includes the summary information related to and linked to the at least one asset, that authenticates with the asset creation device, and that provides the access management system an access token so that the asset management system uses the access token to render the summary information on behalf of the third-party user having no permission to access the repository but having permission to receive the summary information; and a data distribution control system that facilitates an authorization process between the asset management system and the repository, which includes providing the access token received from the repository to the asset management system, the third party user being other than the creator of the at least one asset, the asset creation device provides the asset management system with permission to use the token to render the summary information to the third party user, and the third party user communicating directly with the asset management system to receive the rendered summary information.