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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yevgeniy Eugene Rozenfeld, Sammamish, WA (US);
Attila Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Peter David Waxman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chandramouli Venkatesh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yevgeniy Eugene Rozenfeld, Sammamish, WA (US);
Attila Narin, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An organization maintains a computer network comprising at least a forest A and a forest B, where forest A has a directory A and a querying entity A capable of querying directory A, and forest B has a directory B and a querying entity B capable of querying directory B. Querying entity A receives a request from the user and decides whether to grant the request based at least in part on whether the user is a member of the group. Thus, querying entity A queries directory A to return information on the group, is directed to forest B, contacts querying entity B, requests querying entity B to query directory B whether the user is a member of the group, receives a response, and grants the request from the user based at least in part on whether the user is a member of the group.