Patent Document ID: 10135770
Application ID: 14954551

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a request sent by a first user, the request being to access a network resource from a plurality of network resources, the network resource being shared by a second user; determining, by the processor, authority of the first user to access the network resource based on a topic associated with the network resource and a role of the first user in an author map associated with the network resource, the author map comprising connections between pairs of the users with accounts, each connection being assigned a weight based on a frequency of communication between the users associated with the connection; and facilitating, by the processor, access to the network resource by the first user in response to determining the role of the first user as being authorized based on a predetermined threshold being surpassed by the frequency of communication between the first user and the second user according to the author map.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the role of the first user is further identified based on an organizational position of the first user.