Patent ID: 8996572
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for accessing data in a directory by a plurality of requesting entities, comprising: a protocol adaptation module configured to review a data request from a requesting entity received in a directory operations server, determine if the data request should be mapped to a first operation using a rule set of mapping instructions; a rule selector configured to select the rule set of the mapping instructions by matching rule selection data against a putative rule set, wherein the rule set is selected at least in part based on an identity of the requesting entity, wherein the rule set is selected from more than one set of rules; and hardware, wherein the protocol adaptation module controls execution of the first operation on the directory, wherein the protocol adaptation module is implemented as software running on the hardware or as the hardware alone, wherein the rule selector is configured to select using the identity of the requesting entity as contextual information in determining which rule set of the more than one set of rules to select.