Patent ID: 7062489

Claim:
In a data processing environment having a user terminal with a user-id for generating a service request for access to a data table responsively coupled to a data base management system having a data base containing a first data table and containing a second data table, the improvement comprising: a) a security profile corresponding to said user-id whereby said data base management system permits said user terminal to access said first data table if and only if said security profile corresponds to a user-ID authorized to access said first data table and prohibits access to said second data table if said user-id does not correspond to a user-ID authorized to access said second data table; b) wherein said security profile corresponds to said first data table and does not correspond to access of said second data table; c) a second user terminal with a second user-id for generating a second service request for accessing said second data table wherein said second user terminal is prohibited from accessing said first data table; d) a third user terminal with a third user-id for generating a third service request for accessing said first data table and said second data table wherein said third user-id corresponds to a third security profile for accessing both of said first data table and said second data table; and e) wherein said data base management system is a commercially available, legacy data base management system.