Group voting access control for multi-party forums
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPATRICK J. O'SULLIVAN, LIAM HARPUR, BARRY E. WILLNER, EDITH H. STERN
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Abstract
Group access control for a multi-party forum that includes receiving by a server a request from a party to access a multi-party forum, forwarding by the server the request to an approval group comprising at least two people, and approving or a denying the request by the server based on receiving votes from at least two persons of the approval group.
Claims20
A method, operable on a server, for group access control for a multi-party forum comprising:
- receiving by the server a request from a party to access a multi-party forum;
- forwarding by the server the request to an approval group comprising at least two people;
- and
- computing an answer to the request by the server based on receiving votes from at least two persons of the approval group.
A computing device for differential message security policies comprising:
- an interface, the interface being configured to receive a request from a party to access a multiparty forum and forward the request to an approval group comprising at least two people;
- and
- a processor, the processor configured to compute an answer to the request based on receiving votes from at least two persons of the approval group.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a request from a party to access a multi-party forum;
- computer readable program code configured to forward the request to an approval group comprising at least two people;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to compute an answer to the request based on received votes from at least two persons of the approval group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.