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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Hong Dai, Westford, MA (US);
Michael Anthony Dempsey, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph Anthony Russo, Westford, MA (US);
Hong Dai, Westford, MA (US);
Michael Anthony Dempsey, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph Anthony Russo, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for expanded membership access control in a collaborative environment. A collaborative application which has been configured for expanded membership access control can include a collaborative space configured to host places, and rooms and sub-rooms within the places. The collaborative space further can include a membership management processor coupled to the collaborative space and programmed both to produce access control lists for the rooms and sub-rooms based upon specified roles for members and to assign the roles to members added to the rooms and sub-rooms separately from the access control lists. Notably, a membership directory also can be included which can be configured to store membership information for the members exclusive of the access control lists.