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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2003
Applicants:

Nathan Blaine Jensen, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Stephen R Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

William Street, Orem, UT (US);

Michel Shane Simpson, American Fork, UT (US);

William D. Peterson, Provo, UT (US);

Scott Alan Isaacson, Woodland Hills, UT (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Blaine Jensen, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Stephen R Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

William Street, Orem, UT (US);

Michel Shane Simpson, American Fork, UT (US);

William D. Peterson, Provo, UT (US);

Scott Alan Isaacson, Woodland Hills, UT (US);

Assignee:

Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, systems, and data structures are provided for normalizing data characteristics between applications. A first application is associated with a first data characteristic, and a second application is associated with a second data characteristic. A most-restrictive or common data characteristic is determined from the first and second data characteristics. The most restrictive or common data characteristic is enforced on access attempts to the first or second applications.


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