Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090222480 | LOCALIZING OBJECTS IN A PROPERTY STORE - Managing data for an object, including managing data in the object itself and alternative data applicable to an object dependent on one or more locales. Locales may refer to languages, geographic locations or other user preferences. A first object is stored. The first object includes a first identifier for the first object and a first plurality of properties. The first plurality of properties includes locale invariant values for the first plurality of properties. One or more localized objects are stored. The localized objects are unique from the first object. The localized objects each include a specification of a locale, a related identifier related to the first identifier, and one or more related properties related to one or more of the properties in the first plurality of properties. The related properties store localized values, including one or more alternatives to the locale invariant values particular to the specified locale. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222881 | RESOURCE STATE TRANSITION BASED ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Enforcing access control based on resource state. A method includes receiving a request for an operation on one or more objects stored on computer readable media. One or more pre-operation states of the one or more objects are determined. One or more post-operation states of the one or more objects are determined. One or more access control rules are referenced. The access control rules control access to resources based on pre-operation state and post operation state. It can then be determined that the one or more access control rules allow the operation to succeed based on the one or more pre-operation states and the one or more post operation states. Based on determining that the one or more access control rules allow the operation to succeed, the operation is allowed to succeed. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222882 | UNIFIED MANAGEMENT POLICY - Defining a unified access management policy expression that unifies access control policy with events or workflows. Unified management policy information is stored. The unified management policy information defines permissions for access to resources together with events or workflows. A request is received to execute the one or more operations on one or more objects. The requested operation is verified against the unified management rules. Verifying includes performing a single retrieval, retrieving both the access control information and the events or workflows and calculating the applicability of the rule to the conditions represented by the request. Matching rules are applied, access control decisions performed and associated workflows are executed. | 09-03-2009 |
20100153932 | MANAGING SET MEMBERSHIP - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing set membership. A set definition is translated into one or more membership conditions. Each membership condition includes statements about the attributes of a resource that are to be true if the resource is to be included in the set. For any given resource request, resources touched by the request are compared to membership conditions applicable to the touched resources. Thus, embodiments of the invention minimize the work that is done to determine which sets a resource may or may not belong to whenever a resource is modified. Accordingly, based on available resources, embodiments of the invention can scale to accommodate larger numbers of sets and larger numbers of potential members of sets. | 06-17-2010 |
20140181277 | MANAGING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing technology resources across multiple platforms. Embodiments of the invention can be used to manage the configuration of a plurality of different devices. A management server/service can utilize native management capabilities of different devices to provide configuration management without requiring agents to be installed on the devices. In general, the management server/service adapts to the unique characteristics and behaviors of different devices, platforms, and external systems to provide configuration management for the different devices, platforms, and external systems. As such, configuration management can be provided in a unified fashion across different platforms, both on-premise and off-premise, and indirectly. When client agents are present, the management server/service can adjust to compatibly operate with the client agents. | 06-26-2014 |