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US 2002/0162018 A1Published application
Method and system for managing access to services
OwnerCarl A. Gunter, David J. Ruggieriinventors
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Abstract
A method and system manage access to services. Permission relating to the services is delegated over an ad hoc network in a personal area network. The permission is represented using a digital signature. Access to the services is provided to each permitted delegatee over a second computer network that is different from the personal area network.
Claims22
A method for managing access to a service comprising the steps of:
- (A) delegating, over at least one ad hoc network in a personal area network, one or more permissions relating to the service, to a delegatee by a delegator, wherein the one or more permissions comprise authority to access the service and to delegate one or more further permissions to subsequent delegatees and are represented using a digital signature;
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- (B) providing access to the service to each permitted delegatee over a second computer network that is different from the personal area network.
A system for managing access to a service comprising:
- a delegation device that delegates, over at least one ad hoc network in a personal area network, one or more permissions relating to the service, to a delegatee by a delegator, wherein the one or more permissions comprise authority to access the service and to delegate one or more further permissions to subsequent delegatees and are represented using a digital signature;
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- one or more servers that provide access to the service to each permitted delegatee over a second computer network that is different from the personal area network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.