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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:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark B. Reinhold, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen M. P. Kinnear, Boxbourough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark B. Reinhold, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen M. P. Kinnear, Boxbourough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that provides access control for a software program. During operation, the system identifies a member of a module to be used in the software program. Next, the system infers the visibility of the member based on the accessibility of the member. Finally, the system uses the visibility and the accessibility to provide access control during the life cycle of the software program.