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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:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Jeffrey Dick Jones, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sean Patrick Nolan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Johnson T. Apacible, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Vijay Varadan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Guarraci, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher C. White, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Dick Jones, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sean Patrick Nolan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Johnson T. Apacible, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Vijay Varadan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Guarraci, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher C. White, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An authorization framework is provided that protects data records in a platform, such as a service-based platform, by requiring multiple level entities to be authorized with respect to the data records. For example, the data records can have an associated owner user that can grant access to other users with respect to the data. Additionally, however, the user can also grant access to certain applications that access the platform such that the data records can be initially closed for a user requiring the user to explicitly grant desired access to applications and/or users. In this regard, applications can be forbidden from accessing the data, even on behalf of the user, unless expressly authorized to do so by the user. Thus, the user can make informed decisions regarding who is to have access to its data.