Patent ID: 8676847
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to groups of resources, comprising: organizing resources of a distributed computer system into a tree structure; assigning a role to each client machine in communication with the distributed computer system; after access rights to groups of resources have been assigned to each client machine based upon the assigned client machine role, displaying all groups of resources to a client machine, including indicating groups to which the client machine has access rights, each group including one or more servers; assigning permission associated with the assigned accessibility of the client machine, including read and write permission to resources within an assigned group; the client machine selecting one or more groups for movement within the tree structure; and granting access for the client machine to a selected resource in response to accessibility and permission assigned to the client machine, wherein a right to access a group is independent from a group position within the tree structure and remains the same after the group is moved to a new position within the tree structure.