Patent ID: 7984067
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of access evolution for automating the sharing of access rights in a computer environment having one or more access sharing relationships, comprising the steps of: a) creating an access sharing relationship in which an access provider having a first set of access rights shares at least a subset of the first set of access rights with an access receiver having a second set of access rights, so that the second set of access rights evolves as an automated function of the first set of access rights by way of the shared subset, wherein the access sharing relationship is one of one or more access sharing relationships in a network of access control; b) defining the subset based on constraints of the access sharing relationship; and c) sharing the subset with the access receiver, whereby the steps of defining and sharing comprise an iteration of access evolution, and wherein the step of defining the subset includes removing from the subset another subset of access, wherein the another subset contains access for which a manage exclusion is applied, so that access evolution is deferred by the manage exclusion for a limited or unlimited period of time during serial workflow, and wherein the steps of creating, defining, and sharing are performed by a computer.