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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Hirofumi Yamamoto, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mohamed E. Fathalla, Sammamish, WA (US);

Yashabh Sethi, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard B. Ward, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Hirofumi Yamamoto, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mohamed E. Fathalla, Sammamish, WA (US);

Yashabh Sethi, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard B. Ward, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In aspects, interactions between processes of a desktop are allowed or denied based on security data. The security data may comprise a first bitmap that indicates whether a requesting process is allowed to cause an action to occur, a second bitmap that indicates whether a process is protected from having an action occur, and a third bitmap that indicates whether the requesting process may override protection, if any, in causing the action to occur.


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