Patent ID: 9143514
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying an administrator that has access rights and permissions to all network resources in a set of network resources; identifying a plurality of different groups of users not including the administrator and wherein the plurality of different groups including at least one parent group having at least one child group, wherein access rights and permissions are established for each group and wherein individuals in parent groups inherit access rights and permissions for their respective child groups; for a user in either the at least one parent group or the at least one child group, associating one or more network resources in the set of network resources with the user; assigning a persona to the user, wherein the user is granted permission to access the one or more network resources of others or certain documents among the one or more network resources that are not accessible by the user or other individuals in the user's group by affiliation of the user with the user's group, wherein the user is not the administrator and wherein the assigning of the persona enables sharing of ownership over a respective network resource of the one or more network resources with the user regardless of group affiliation; receiving a request from the user to access the one or more network resources of others or certain documents among the one or more network resources; determining whether the requestor has permission to access the network resource including determining when an identifier associated with the requestor is associated with the persona; determining which privileges the requestor is given relative to the network resource including when or if the requestor has permission to access the network resource based at least in part on the persona; and providing the requestor with the network resource based on the determined privileges: wherein the network resources are associated with a loan origination software system and the shared network resources includes loan data for an individual, wherein the administrator and the parent and child groups form a hierarchal structure that is an organizational structure based on roles, departments, offices or other divisions.