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US 2018/0293404 A1Published application
Access control for business process data
AssigneeOpen Text Corporation
InventorsKenwood Tsai, Harish Rawat, Xiaoting Tang, Payam Shahidi
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Abstract
Controlling access to business process data is disclosed. An instance of a first business process object configured to contain business process data of a business process is created. An instance of a second business process object configured to contain business process data of the business process is created. A first access control list is associated with the instance of the first business process object and a second access control list is associated with the instance of the second business process object.
Claims20
A method for controlling access to business process data, comprising:
- configuring a content management system (“CMS”) to store each business process in a CMS repository;
- creating an instance of a first business process, the first business process comprising a first plurality steps, wherein the first business process is associated with a first business process object;
- creating, by execution of the instance of the first business process, a first instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the first business process;
- using the CMS to manage a function of associating the first instance with a first access control list (“ACL”) associated with the first business process object at the time the first business process was defined;
- creating an instance of a different business process, the different business process comprising a second plurality of steps that is different from the first plurality of steps, wherein the different business process is associated with the first business process object;
- creating, by execution of the instance of the different business process, a second instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the different business process;
- using the CMS to manage a function of associating the second instance with a second ACL associated with the first business process object at the time the different business process was defined;
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- using the CMS to control access to the first instance in accordance with the first ACL and to control access to the second instance in accordance with the second ACL.
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A system for controlling access to business process data, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that are executable by the processor to:
- configure a content management system (“CMS”) to store each business process in a CMS repository;
- create an instance of a first business process, the first business process comprising a first plurality steps, wherein the first business process is associated with a first business process object;
- create, by execution of the instance of the first business process, a first instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the first business process;
- use the CMS to manage a function of associating the first instance with a first access control list (“ACL”) associated with the first business process object at the time the first business process was defined;
- create an instance of a different business process, the different business process comprising a second plurality of steps that is different from the first plurality of steps, wherein the different business process is associated with the first business process object;
- create, by execution of the instance of the different business process, a second instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the different business process;
- use the CMS to manage a function of associating the second instance with a second ACL associated with the first business process object at the time the different business process was defined;
- and
- use the CMS to control access to the first instance in accordance with the first ACL and to control access to the second instance in accordance with the second ACL.
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A computer program product for controlling access to business process data, comprising:
- a computer readable non-transitory medium storing instructions that are executable by a processor to:
- configure a content management system (“CMS”) to store each business process in a CMS repository;
- create an instance of a first business process, the first business process comprising a first plurality steps, wherein the first business process is associated with a first business process object;
- create, by execution of the instance of the first business process, a first instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the first business process;
- use the CMS to manage a function of associating the first instance with a first access control list (“ACL”) associated with the first business process object at the time the first business process was defined;
- create an instance of a different business process, the different business process comprising a second plurality of steps that is different from the first plurality of steps, wherein the different business process is associated with the first business process object;
- create, by execution of the instance of the different business process, a second instance of the first business process object configured to contain business process data of the different business process;
- use the CMS to manage a function of associating the second instance with a second ACL associated with the first business process object at the time the different business process was defined;
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- use the CMS to control access to the first instance in accordance with the first ACL and to control access to the second instance in accordance with the second ACL.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.