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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Ephraim Dror, Cupertino, CA (US);
Senthil Ponnuswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhidnya Sushant Joshi, Pune, IN;
Satish Inampudi, San Jose, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for managing an operation includes: receiving a request from a data protection module with respect to assigning a security officer role (SOR) to a person; in response to the request and at a first point-in-time, initiating assignment of the SOR to the person; receiving, at a second point-in-time, a notification from the data protection module indicating that the SOR is assigned to the person; in response to the notification, sending a second request to the data protection module to execute the operation; after the sending the second request: making a first determination that the second request has not been approved; waiting, based on the first determination, until the second request is approved by the person or a second person assigned the SOR; making a second determination that the second request is approved by the second person; and continuing, based on the second determination, execution of the operation.