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US 2008/0189304 A1Published application
Linked LDAP attributes
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorPeter A. Rowley
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Abstract
Information to link two attributes in a database is stored, and when one of the attributes is updated, a new value for the second attribute is computed and stored. Related systems and applications are also described.
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A method comprising:
- storing information to link two attributes in a database;
- updating a value of a first of the two attributes;
- computing a new value for a second of the two attributes based on the value of the first attribute;
- and
- storing the new value for the second attribute in the database.
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A computer-readable medium containing data and instructions to cause a programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
- retrieving a value for a first attribute from a database;
- identifying a second attribute that is linked to the first attribute;
- computing a value for the second attribute based on the value for the first attribute;
- and
- transmitting the value for the second attribute to a client.
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A system comprising:
- a database containing a first attribute and a second attribute, each attribute to have a corresponding value;
- attribute linking logic to propagate a change affecting the value of the first attribute to a related change affecting the value of the second attribute;
- and
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (“LDAP”) logic to perform to a search operation and return the value of the first attribute or the value of the second attribute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.