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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Hanel, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Assignee:
International Business Machine Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713200 ; 902 25 ; 707-9 ; 711163 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed in a number of embodiments, which use an identifier to control and limit the operation of a command and/or security code to one or more subdomains, such as directories, of a file structure. In one embodiment, the identifier is allocated to the command or to the security code. In another embodiment, the identifier is allocated to the subdomain. The security code includes a cryptographic key or a password.