Group access management system
AssigneeAT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc., formerly known as BellSouth Intl. Prop. Corp.
InventorDale W. Malik
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Abstract
A system for limiting group access is provided. A representative system includes a group access management system operable to store a plurality of resource lists, the resource lists comprising at least one contact and at least one group comprising at least one member and further comprising a group class of service marker associated with the at least one group. The system further comprises a network service router coupled to the group access management system and being operable to route a service request, if the service request includes an adequate class of service marker with respect to the group class of service marker. Methods and other systems for limiting group access are also provided.
Claims20
A system for limiting group access, comprising:
- a group access management system operable to store a plurality of resource lists, the resource lists comprising at least one contact and at least one group comprising at least one member, said at least one group further comprising a group class of service marker associated with said at least one group;
- a network service router coupled to the group access management system and being operable to route a service request, if the service request includes an adequate class of service marker with respect to the group class of service marker.
A method for managing group access, comprising:
- creating a group comprising at least one member;
- storing the group in a group access management system on a network;
- and
- assigning a class of service level to the group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.