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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. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
William H. Gates, Iii, Medina, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel S. Glasser, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ira L Snyder, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Melora Zaner-godsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
William H. Gates, III, Medina, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel S. Glasser, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ira L Snyder, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Melora Zaner-Godsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system that can assist users to manage a personal active directory for all of their information maintained within a cloud-based environment is provided. The identity of a client that accesses data is monitored and recorded in a log. In turn, this information can be made available to the owner of the information in order to develop a desired access control list (ACL). Additionally, the system can employ a heuristic component that can automatically establish the ACL on the owner's behalf. As well, the system can track how information is being accessed (or attempted to be accessed) by other people therefore, giving the owner of the information the opportunity to restrict or allow access based upon any number of recorded factors (e.g., identity, context).