Patent ID: 7260638
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for authorizing access by a user to a resource over a wireless local area network, comprising the steps of: setting access privileges to the resource for a cluster of users of the wireless local area network, wherein the cluster is indicative of the user's role in an organization and the access privileges represent data access rights of members of the cluster to the resource; receiving a request from a device controlled by the user to access the resource over the wireless local area network, the user having a membership in the cluster, and the request including a user identifier for the user and a device identifier for the device making the request; locating session context information based on the device identifier, the session context information having been associated with the device identifier during a previous wireless session; locating access privileges in response to the user identifier and the device identifier in the received request based on the device identifier, the user identifier, and the cluster; and using the located access privileges and data contained in the session context information to authorize a current session between the device and the resource.