US 8,429,422 B1Granted

Method and apparatus for an improved access system

AssigneeActioneer, Inc.

InventorsThomas Hagan, Bruce Tribbensee, Henry D. Kerr

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Abstract

A method and apparatus to enable a user to send an action message including secure credential. The system comprises a receiving logic to receive the action message from a user, a repository including encrypted user-specific data, and an agent to access a resource through a network, the agent directed as specified by a connector object invoked by the action message. The agent further comprises logic to utilize the encrypted user-specific data from the repository to log into the resource through the network, and in one embodiment action logic to perform one or more actions as instructed by the connector invoked by the action message. The agent further comprises, in one embodiment, extraction logic for extracting information resulting from of the agent's access to the data resource specified by the connector, and communication logic to communicate a result to the user or to another agent for further use.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system to enable a user to engage in an interaction with a plurality of computer resources, the system comprising:

a user interface to enable the a user to select an action from a set of possible actions and enter user-entered data including additional information to be used at a computing resource when the action is executed;
a repository including:
data specifying a plurality of actions selectable by the user,
user-specific data associated with at least one computing resource, used to access a feature in the computing resource;
action steps including provision for:
a path to a computing resource,
a location where the user-specific data is to be placed at the computing resource, and
a location where the user-entered string is to be placed at the computing resource;
execution logic to create and send one or more action messages to one or more of the plurality of computing resources, to effect the selected action by executing an action step at each of the one or more computing resources specified in the selected action, where executing the action steps comprises:
dispatching a query to the computing resource using the path in the action step;
identifying the location where the user-specific data is to be placed;
posting the user-specific data in the location;
and
submitting the transaction;
dispatching a second query when the action references the user-entered data, to a computing resource using the path in the action step;
identifying the location where the user-entered data is to be placed;
posting the user entered data in the location;
and
submitting the action.

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A system to enable a user to engage in an interaction with a computer resource, the system comprising:

a repository including:
a plurality of actions selectable by the user, each action specified by a separate connector, each connector specifying one or more action steps to complete the user selectable action;
an action step included in a connector specifying a path to a computing resource, a source of data to be used in executing the action step, and a location where the data is to be placed at the computing resource, and the agent to be used by the execution logic to effect that action step, wherein separating the connector and the agent enables access to an unlimited number of resources;
a set of agents any of which can be invoked by an action step in the user-selected action;
user specific data associated with at least one computing resource, used to access a feature in the computing resource;
and
a user interface to enable the a user to select the action;
an execution logic to create and send an action message to one or more of a plurality of computing resources, to effect actions at those resources by:
posting to or retrieving information from the computing resource defined by the path specified in the action step of the connector;
extracting the location where the data is to be found from the action step;
extracting the location where the data is to be placed from the action step;
placing the data in the location;
and
submitting the action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.