Patent ID: 8205092
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a machine; a resource accessible via the machine to which a user wants access; at least one access control structure associated with the resource and a group identifier, the access control structure one of a plurality of access control structures associated with the resource and a plurality of group identifiers, the access control structure including time values when access to the resource is to be granted for a particular access level, said access level drawn from a set including read access, write access, execute access, read/write access, read/execute access, write/execute access, and read/write/execute access, the group identifier identifying a group including at least said user identified by a user identifier and a second user identified by a second user identifier; and an access control logic to determine whether said user, as a member of group identified by said group identifier, is to be granted access to the resource based on the access control structures and a current clock value.