Method of modifying access control for web services using query languages
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorLawrence E. Menten
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Abstract
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method of controlling access to resources in a social graph. One embodiment of the method includes receiving information for configuring a query in response to a service being invoked. The service is configured to use the query to request access to resources associated with a node in a portion of a social graph associated with a first user. The method also includes associating the query with the node. The query operates on the resources associated with the node and returns information indicating whether a request to access the resources is granted or denied depending on a current state of the social graph.
Claims31
A method, comprising:
- receiving information for configuring a query in response to a service being invoked, wherein the service is configured to use the query to request access to resources of a social graph associated with a first user, wherein a subset of the resources is associated with a node in a portion of the social graph;
- and
- attaching the query to the node so that the query operates on the subset of the resources of the social graph associated with the node, and wherein the query returns information indicating whether a request to access the subset of the resources is granted or denied depending on a current state of the social graph.
A method, comprising:
- invoking a service configured to perform queries on resources of a social graph owned by a first user, wherein a subset of the resources is associated with a node in a portion of the social graph;
- and
- attaching a query to the node in response to invoking the service so that the query determines whether to grant or deny requests to access the subset of the resources associated with the node depending on a current state of the social graph.
An apparatus for providing access control to portions of a social graph, the apparatus comprising:
- a data storage;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the data storage, the processor being configured to:
- receive information for configuring a query in response to a service being invoked, wherein the service is configured to use the query to request access to resources of a social graph associated with a first user, wherein a subset of the resources is associated with a node in a portion of the social graph;
- and
- attach the query to the node so that the query operates on the subset of the resources associated with the node, and wherein the query returns information indicating whether a request to access the subset of the resources is granted or denied depending on a current state of the social graph.
An apparatus for providing access control to portions of a social graph, the apparatus comprising:
- a data storage;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the data storage, the processor being configured to:
- invoke a service configured to perform queries on resources of a social graph owned by a first user, wherein a subset of the resources is associated with a node in a portion of the social graph;
- and
- attach a query to the node in response to invoking the service so that the query determines whether to grant or deny requests to access the subset of the resources associated with the node depending on a current state of the social graph.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.