Patent ID: 8412930

Claim:
A method for managing relationships in a deployable computing environment, comprising: creating an identity resource representing a user within a deployable computing environment, the identity resource corresponding to a user identification ticket used to authorize the user to perform one or more user operations; creating a device resource representing a device within the deployable computing environment, the device resource corresponding to a device identification ticket used to authorize the device to perform one or more device operations; and creating a device claim resource representing a relationship between the user and the device, the device claim resource corresponding to a device claim ticket used to authorize the device to perform an authorized user operation on behalf of the user regardless of whether the user has authorized user operation via the user identification ticket, the authorized user operation not comprising the one or more device operations that the device is authorized to perform, at least some of at least one of the creating an identity resource, the creating a device resource, or the creating a device claim resource implemented at least in part via a processing unit.