Patent ID: 8782085
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a data request to perform an action on data in an attribute of a first entry at a first location in a directory provided by a requesting entity, wherein the attribute is of a first attribute type and comprises at least one attribute value, wherein data for the attribute requested in the data request resides in a differently identified attribute at a second entry at a second location in the directory wherein the differently identified attribute is of a second attribute type different from the first attribute type; identifying, by the processor, one or more applicable rules, from a set of rules, associated with the first entry; deriving, by the processor, the second location in the directory for the data in the attribute of the data request using the one or more applicable rules, wherein the derivation is performed at a point of access of a data storage mechanism for the directory; finding, by the processor, the data in the attribute of the data request at the second entry using the derived second location; and performing, by the processor, the action on the data at the derived second location.