Patent ID: 8051491
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a computing system of a resource access manager service to manage access to computing-related resources based on multiple access policies specified by multiple distinct parties, the method comprising: receiving information about multiple resource provider services that each provide computing-related resources of one or more types for use by remote software applications over one or more networks; for each of multiple software applications, for each of multiple users, receiving subscription information from the user for subscribing to use an executing copy of an indicated software application, the received subscription information specifying an access policy by the user for the indicated software application that includes one or more constraints to control later access to computing-related resources used by an executing copy of the indicated software application on behalf of the user; receiving an access request that is from an executing copy of one of the multiple software applications to obtain access on behalf of one of the multiple users to an indicated computing-related resource from one of the multiple resource provider services, such that the one resource provider service is indicated in the received configuration information for the one software application and the one software application is indicated by the one user in the received subscription information from the one user; automatically determining whether to authorize the access request by, if it is determined that the access request is authorized, automatically providing the access to the indicated computing-related resource on behalf of the one user to the executing copy of the one software application.