Patent ID: 7308704
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising: a data repository; and executable instructions, wherein the data repository includes: access control rule data including access control rule entries, an access control rule entry identifying a characteristic method data entry, and characteristic method data including characteristic method data entries, a characteristic method data entry relating to at least one entry in the access control rule data and identifying a method to determine a characteristic for a user and identifying a method to determine a characteristic for a data object; and the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising: receiving an indication of a user; receiving an indication of a data object; accessing an access control rule data entry identifying a characteristic method data entry; accessing the characteristic method data entry identified by the access control rule data entry, the characteristic method data entry identifying a method to determine a characteristic for a user and identifying a method to determine a characteristic for a data object; determining the characteristic for the user by performing the method to determine the characteristic for the user identified by the characteristic method data entry; determining the characteristic for the data object by performing the method to determine the characteristic for the data object identified by the characteristic method data entry; and generating access control information that permits the user to access the data object conditioned on the characteristic for the user being the same as the characteristic for the data object.