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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Paul Patrick, Manchester, NH (US);
David Byrne, Woburn, MA (US);
Kenneth D. Yagen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mingde Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Howes, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark A. Falco, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard J. Riendeau, Burlington, MA (US);
Paul Patrick, Manchester, NH (US);
David Byrne, Woburn, MA (US);
Kenneth D. Yagen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mingde Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Howes, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark A. Falco, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard J. Riendeau, Burlington, MA (US);
BEA Systems, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for policy inheritance, comprising, defining a first group wherein the first group refers to at least one of: a user and a group different from the first group, defining a second group wherein the second group is nested within the first group, defining a first policy wherein the first policy includes a resource, a subject and one of, an action and a role, and wherein the subject includes the first group, inheriting the first policy by the second group, wherein the resource is part of a resource hierarchy, and wherein the first policy can be used to control access to the resource.