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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Michael Michio Ouye, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Steven Toye Crocker, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Michio Ouye, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Steven Toye Crocker, Redwood City, CA (US);
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
To grant or deny access rights to a user attempting to access a protected system or secured electronic data, an access right evaluation process is carried out among all applicable policies including those embedded in the secured electronic data. In a preferred embodiment, the access right evaluation process is invoked only when a system being accessed is protected or a file being accessed is detected to be in a secured format. Further, the access right evaluation process is configured preferably to operate transparently to the user. The access right evaluation may be advantageously used in systems or applications in which devices, mediums or electronic data are secured and can be restrictively accessed by those who are authenticated and have proper access privilege.