Method and system of determining access to records of members of a community
AssigneeElectronic Data Systems Corporation
InventorKathryn A. Rosenthal
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Abstract
A method of authorizing access to records of members of a community in response to a request by a user may comprise determining if a relationship exists between the user requesting access to a record of a member of a community and the member. If a relationship exists between the user and the member, the type of relationship may be determined. For the relationship type, it may be determined if requested access to records of the member is authorized.
Claims19
A method of determining access to records of members within a community, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a management relationship assignment for each member of the community relative to other members of the community;
- in response to a request by a user to access a record of a member of the community, automatically determining if a management relationship exists between the user requesting access to the record of the member of the community and the member;
- if the management relationship exists between the user and the member, automatically determining a type of management relationship between the user and the member;
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- for the management relationship type, automatically determining if the requested access to the record of the member is authorized.
A method of determining relationships between members of a community, comprising the steps of:
- providing a profile assignment table including an evaluation path having a starting point, the evaluation path based on a type of management relationship assignment received for each member of the community relative to other members of the community;
- automatically entering an identifier associated with a member of the community into the starting point;
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- automatically evaluating the evaluation path starting with the identifier of the member of the community to determine related members of the community for the type of management relationship defined by the evaluation path.
A dynamic profile assignment table for determining a relationship between members of a community, comprising:
- at least one evaluation path having a starting point, the evaluation path based on a type of management relationship assignment received for each member of the community relative to other members of the community;
- the starting point comprising a dummy number operable to be replaced with an identifier associated with a member of a community;
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- the evaluation path operable to be evaluated starting with the identifier associated with the member of the community to determine related members of the community for the type of management relationship defined by the evaluation path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.