Patent ID: 7540032

Claim:
An electronic data processing facility adapted to run an operating system for configuring the data processing facility and an application program for editing data, comprising: a data store for storing the data; a documentation memory for storing documentation data for documenting access to the data; and a user object memory for storing user objects for authenticating and documenting access to the data, the user object memory being further for storing documentation user objects storable in the documentation memory at the level of the application program for the purpose of documenting access to the data, and for storing an authentication user object which is assignable a data access right at the level of the operating system based on a comparison between the authentication user object and a previous authentication user object, and which is assignable to a plurality of documentation user objects for authenticating the data access right to the documentation user objects, the documentation user objects being separate from the authentication user objects, and the documentation user objects identifying users at the level of the application program; wherein the electronic data processing facility is configured to change between users on a common authentication level by changing the documentation user object, the users on the common authentication level having a common authentication user object, the common authentication user object identifying the users at the level of the operating system.