Patent Document ID: 20150163227
Application ID: 14591317
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of controlling access to an information technology (IT) resource, the method comprising the steps of: a computer initiating a display including a visual representation of the IT resource and a visual representation of an entity; the computer detecting in the display a movement of the visual representation of the entity from outside a boundary of the visual representation of the IT resource to a position close to the boundary of the visual representation of the IT resource; responsive to the step of detecting the movement to the position close to the boundary, the computer determining a first attribute assigned to the visual representation of the entity satisfies an access control requirement assigned to the visual representation of the IT resource; based on the first attribute assigned to the visual representation of the entity satisfying the access control requirement assigned to the visual representation of the IT resource, the computer determining the entity is permitted to access the IT resource; and based on the entity being permitted to access the IT resource, the computer permitting in the display a movement of the visual representation of the entity across the boundary of the visual representation of the IT resource and permitting in the display a placement of the visual representation of the entity within the boundary of the visual representation of the IT resource.