Patent ID: 7822863

Claim:
A method of accessing a data resource comprising: establishing a trusted relationship between a personal domain controller and a first device; identifying the data resource using a personal domain controller, the data resource accessible through a first device and associated with a resource locator; receiving a second-device credential from a second device at a personal domain controller over a local link; sending, by the personal domain controller over the local link, a personal domain controller credential to the second device to establish a second trusted relationship; providing the second-device credential to the first device from the personal domain controller, the second device credential to be added to a whitelist by the first device; sending a first-device credential to the second device for whitelisting subject to the second trusted relationship; verifying that the first-device credential is whitelisted by the second device; providing a resource locator to the second device by the personal domain controller; connecting by the second device, to the first device to access the data resource, the first device allowing the connection based upon the whitelist; and receiving the data resource by the second device responsive to the verifying.