Patent ID: 9213995
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of linking a first network to a second and disparate network comprising: each of the first and second networks defined by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL) and each having resources uniquely associated therewith and each administered by a network centric administrator and able to each have a plurality of members uniquely associated therewith with defined network access rights to the respective network and each of the first and second networks able to create a network-to-network link to the other; the network centric administrator for the first network sending, by the first network having at least one first member associated therewith, a link request message to the second network having at least one second member associated therewith, the link request message including a request to establish a network-to-network link with the second network, the first network further including at least one of the resources associated therewith accessible by the at least one first member; the network centric administrator for the second network generating an acceptance message and the network centric administrator for the first network receiving the acceptance message from the second network at the first network; establishing a first network-to-network link between the first network and the second network in response to receiving the acceptance message; and sharing access to the at least one resource on the second network to the at least one first member of the first network over the network-to-network link, such that the at least second member of the second network can access the at least one resource on the first network, but no access being granted to the at least one second member on the second network to any resources on the first network by way of the acceptance message generated by the network centric administrator for the second network.