Patent ID: 8943413
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling access to an information technology (IT) first resource, the method comprising the steps of: a computer initiating a display including a visual representation of a first resource and a visual representation of a first entity; the computer detecting a movement in the display of the visual representation of the first entity from outside a boundary of the visual representation of the first resource to a position close to the boundary of the visual representation of the first resource; responsive to the step of detecting the movement to the position close to the boundary, the computer determining a first attribute assigned to the visual representation of the first entity does not satisfy an access control requirement assigned to the visual representation of the first resource; based on the first attribute assigned to the visual representation of the first entity not satisfying the access control requirement assigned to the visual representation of the first resource, the computer determining the first entity is not permitted to access the first resource; based on the first entity not being permitted to access the first resource, the computer presenting a visual cue that indicates the visual representation of the first entity is prevented from moving in the display across the boundary and being placed in the display within the boundary of the visual representation of the first resource; the computer detecting a second movement in the display of a visual representation of a second entity from outside a boundary of a visual representation of a second resource to a position close to the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource, the display including the visual representations of the second entity and the second resource; responsive to the step of detecting the second movement, the computer determining a second attribute assigned to the visual representation of the second entity satisfies an access control requirement assigned to the visual representation of the second resource; responsive to the step of determining the second attribute satisfies the access control requirement, the computer determining visual representations of multiple entities are currently within the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource which indicates the multiple entries currently have access to the second resource, and determining a total number of the visual representations of the multiple entities is (1) equal to a predetermined maximum number of entities permitted to have access to the second resource at one time or (2) less than the predetermined maximum number of entities; if the total number of the visual representations of the multiple entities is equal to the maximum number of entities, the computer determining the second entity is not permitted to access the second resource, and in response, the computer presenting a visual cue that indicates the visual representation of the second entity is prevented from moving in the display across the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource and being placed in the display within the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource; and if the total number of the visual representations of the multiple entities is less than the maximum number of entities, the computer determining the second entity is permitted to access the second resource, and in response, the computer moving in the display the visual representation of the second entity across the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource and placing in the display the visual representation of the second entity within the boundary of the visual representation of the second resource.