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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Patterson, Plano, TX (US);
Eugene E Williams, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713200 ; 707-9 ;
Abstract
A method of and system for managing access by a plurality of users to a plurality of application programs by maintaining a security database accessible by each of said application programs. In response to an attempted access to one of the application programs by one of the users, the application queries the security database for access information for the user. In response to the query, the security database returns access information to said the application program. The application program limits use of the application program-by the user according to the access information returned from the security database.