Patent ID: 7941829

Claim:
A method for selecting one or more authorizers from a group comprising more than one authorizer and communicating with said one or more authorizers, said authorizers providing second-party authorization for accessing protected resources, said method implemented by a computer, said method comprising: for each of more than one first authorizers, said first authorizers belonging to the said group of more than one authorizers, determining by the computer a first attributes group of first attributes associated with said first authorizers, one or more of said first attributes comprising first contact information, said first contact information comprising identification of one or more means of communicating with said first authorizer; for each of one or more first resource groups, each said first resource group selected from the group comprising said protected resources and classes of said protected resources, determining by the computer a second attribute group, said second attribute group comprising one or more second attributes associated with said first resource group, one or more of said second attributes comprising a first list name, said first list name identifying a group comprising one or more said first authorizers; receiving by the computer a first authorization request requesting second-party authorization for access to one or more members of said first resource group; utilizing one or more of said first attributes and one or more of said second attributes, selecting by the computer one or more second authorizers for processing said first authorization request, said second authorizers selected from the said one or more first authorizers; and conveying by the computer authorization request information associated with said first authorization request to one or more of said second authorizers.