Patent ID: 8689298
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing permission to resources, the method comprising: receiving, via a service application programming interface (API) of an authorization server, a first request to change a permission of a first role for accessing a first resource; in response to the first request, determining, based on the first role, a first role-based permission data structure of a plurality of role-based permission data structures, the first role-based permission data structure associated with the first role; accessing the first role-based permission data structure to identify an entry associated with the first resource, the first role-based permission data structure having a plurality of entries corresponding to a plurality of resources, respectively, each resource being associated with one or more permissions for a user of the first role to access the corresponding resource; and updating one or more permissions in the identified entry associated with the first resource.