Patent ID: 8516543
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
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 policy data for a plurality of network nodes in at least one database including: storing first policy data of a first one of the network nodes, the first one of the network nodes including a user and the first policy data particular to the user and used for password authentication of the user, and storing second policy data of a second one of the network nodes, the second one of the network nodes including one of an application and a service and the second policy data particular to the one of the application and the service; receiving a message from the user for being transmitted in a network to the one of the application and the service; in response to the receipt of the message, identifying from the at least one database the first policy data of the user and the second policy data of the one of the application and the service; combining the identified first policy data with the identified second policy data thereby resulting in combined policy data, wherein the combined policy data is honored by both the user and the one of the application and the service; associating the combined policy data with the message; handling the message in the network with reference to the combined policy data including: