Patent ID: 6785728
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A graphical user interface for an access control system that controls access by users to information resources according to an access policy that is defined using definitions of user subsets of the users made explicitly for access control, definitions of information subsets of the information resources made explicitly for access control, and explicit access policy definitions indicating which user subsets may access which information subsets, the graphical user interface comprising:a display upon which is displayed a list of previously-defined user subsets, a list of previously-defined information subsets, and a list of previously-defined access policies, and at least an indication of a create access policy operation; and a selection device for selecting a user subset from the list thereof, an information subset from the list thereof, and the indication of the create access policy operation, the access control system responding to the selection of the user subset, the information subset, and the indication of the create access policy operation by defining a new access policy for the selected user subset and the selected information subset.