Network operating system and method
AssigneeCoral Networks, Inc.
InventorCharles E. Henderson
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for a network operating system. The system includes a complex data medium that enables the continuous reconciliation of the collaborative information process and product. The system generally increases productivity by enabling a network dynamic among knowledge workers. The system unifies e-mail and shared file management, synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, serial and parallel work flow, top-down and bottom-up collaboration, and information lifecycle management.
Claims49
1-11. (canceled)
A computer implemented method of access evolution for automating the sharing of access rights in a computer environment having one or more access sharing relationships, comprising the steps of:
- a) creating an access sharing relationship in which an access provider having a first set of access rights shares at least a subset of the first set of access rights with an access receiver having a second set of access rights, so that the second set of access rights evolves as an automated function of the first set of access rights by way of the shared subset, wherein the access sharing relationship is one of one or more access sharing relationships in a network of access control;
- b) defining the subset based on constraints of the access sharing relationship;
- and
- c) sharing the subset with the access receiver,
- whereby the steps of defining and sharing comprise an iteration of access evolution, and
- wherein the steps of creating, defining, and sharing are performed by a computer.
26-93. (canceled)
A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium as computer executable instructions for implementing access evolution for automating the sharing of access rights in a computer environment having one or more access sharing relationships, the instructions when executed by a computer performing the steps of:
- a) creating an access sharing relationship in which an access provider having a first set of access rights shares at least a subset of the first set of access rights with an access receiver having a second set of access rights, so that the second set of access rights evolves as an automated function of the first set of access rights by way of the shared subset, wherein the access sharing relationship is one of one or more access sharing relationships in a network of access control;
- b) defining the subset based on constraints of the access sharing relationship;
- and
- c) sharing the subset with the access receiver,
- whereby the steps of defining and sharing comprise an iteration of access evolution, and
- wherein the steps of creating, defining, and sharing are performable by a computer.
The computer program product 100, wherein the access sharing relationship is defined between autonomous peers in a distributed network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.