Patent ID: 7647644
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to resources, the method comprising: deploying a plurality of applications to a producer system wherein each of the applications are capable of being presented on pages of one or more portals that are each stored on a computer readable storage medium in a plurality of remote consumer systems, while each application resides locally at the producer system; receiving by the producer system, from one of the remote consumer systems, a plurality of registration values for that remote consumer system; assigning a handle to the remote consumer system by the producer system, wherein the handle is a unique identifier used in subsequent communications between the producer system and that remote consumer system; receiving a request for available applications at the producer system from the remote consumer system; and determining, by the producer system, for each one of the applications, whether that application can be made available to the remote consumer system to be consumed or modified by the remote consumer system, according to the registration values received, wherein determining includes