Patent ID: 8458314

Claim:
A method for control of computer network resources connected to a computer network supporting network endpoints by delegating control from a network administrator to at least one sponsor comprising the steps of: creating templates for users and devices of said computer network by said network administrator at an administrator account on a workstation connected to said computer network; creating profiles used to control said resources of said computer network; associating said templates with said profiles; creating at least one said sponsor by said network administrator; associating, by said network administrator, at least one of said profiles with said sponsor; delegating, by said network administrator, network management administrative privileges to said sponsor, transferring responsibility for said users and devices from said network administrator to said sponsor when said template of said users and devices is associated with said profile of said sponsor; and controlling of said computer network resources by said sponsor, using said templates assigned to said sponsor by said network administrator, wherein said sponsor is constrained by said network administrator by said at least one associated profile, said sponsors not having network management administrative privileges over said network administrator.