Patent ID: 7788708

Claim:
A system for delegating authorization relating to an information technology resource, the system comprising: a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; a user database stored in the memory, wherein the user database includes a plurality of user identifications, wherein each user identification includes a trusted circle, and wherein the trusted circle comprises a plurality of trusted users, wherein each trusted user has a specific user authorization, wherein each trusted user in the trusted circle is individually selectable by an account owner and each specific user authorization is individually selectable by the account owner, whereby the account owner identified by a specific user identification selects the account owner's own trusted circle and selects the specific authorizations for trusted users in the account owner's own trusted circle, and wherein each account owner is only able to select the account owner's trusted circles and not other account owner's trusted circles; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to: add a new trusted user to the trusted circle; and provide a user interface for the new trusted user wherein the new trusted user is capable of resetting a password for the account owner or of reinstating an account for the account owner, wherein the new trusted user and the account owner are not the same user, and wherein adding the new trusted user to the trusted circle does not allow the new trusted user to access the account or the password for the account owner.