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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Dell Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Adam Robert Driscoll, Madison, WI (US);
Marc Edward Zapf, Stone Ridge, VA (US);
Dell Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is performed on a shared-resources system. The method includes creating an anonymous target. The method further includes assigning shared resources to the anonymous target. In addition, the method includes receiving a request for anonymous access from an anonymous user of a client system. The method also includes, responsive to the request, performing the following: generating anonymous-user credentials for the anonymous user; determining the shared resources assigned to the anonymous target; based, at least in part, on the determining, communicating a list of authorized resources to the client system; receiving a request from the client system to access a target resource from the list of authorized resources; and causing an anonymous-user account to be created on the target resource using the anonymous-user credentials.