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Delegated administration of information in a database directory
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 2001-01-16
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Granted: 2004-08-03
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Expires: 2021-01-16
Abstract
Abstract A delegated administration tool for administrating information in a database directory. The delegated administration tool enables an administrator to delegate administration and various types of administrative authority to other users within a community of users. In particular, an administrator with proper authority may create new administrative domains and assign authority referred to as delegation authority and edit authority to other users. The creation of additional administrative domains and the assignment of the delegation authority and edit authority can continue to an arbitrary level within the community.
Inventors
- 👤 Janet Arlie Barnett
- 👤 Barbara Jean Vivier
- 👤 Kareem Sherif Aggour
- 👤 Mark Mitchell Kornfein
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 03:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/08; G; G06; G06F; G06F21/00; G06F21/60; G06F21/604; G06F21/62; G06F21/6218; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G16; G16H; G16H10/00; G16H10/60; G16H40/00; G16H40/20; H04L63/10; H04L63/104; G06F2221/00; G06F2221/21; G06F2221/2113; G06F2221/2145; H04L63/101; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99939
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 62
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: specifying the information associated with the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges for managing the information associated with the user community according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and specifying the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and granting administrative privileges for administrating the user community information associated with each sub-domain, wherein the specifying and granting continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: specifying the information associated with the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges for managing the information associated with the user community according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and specifying the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and granting administrative privileges for administrating the user community information associated with each sub-domain, wherein the specifying and granting continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1 , wherein the administrative privileges for administrating the user community information associated with each sub-domain includes at least one of delegation authority and edit authority.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising delegating the granted administrative privileges for the at least one administrative domain and administrative sub-domains.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for providing delegated administration of a user community, comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for providing delegated administration of a user community, comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 4 , further comprising dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 5 , further comprising delegating the granted administrative privileges to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 4 , further comprising delegating the granted administrative privileges to additional administrators for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method according to claim 4 , further comprising dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegating administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each domain, wherein the dividing and delegating continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for providing delegated administration of a user community with a client system, comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
144 words
A method for providing delegated administration of a user community with a client system, comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method according to claim 9 , further comprising dividing the administrative sub-domains into more domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegating administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each of these domains, wherein the dividing and delegating continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 9 , wherein the delegating of granted administrative privileges comprises having an administrator with delegation authority delegating at least one of delegation authority and edit authority and an administrator with edit authority delegating edit authority.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for enabling an administrator to control administration of information associated with a user community, comprising: providing the information associated with the user community to the administrator; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for enabling an administrator to control administration of information associated with a user community, comprising: providing the information associated with the user community to the administrator; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 12 , further comprising prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 13 , further comprising prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method according to claim 14 , further comprising prompting the administrator to divide the administrative sub-domains into more domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegate administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each of these domains, wherein the prompting to divide and delegate continues to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for enabling an administrator to delegate administrative control of a user community, comprising: providing information associated with the user community; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains; and using the administrative domains and administrative privileges to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
183 words
A method for enabling an administrator to delegate administrative control of a user community, comprising: providing information associated with the user community; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains; and using the administrative domains and administrative privileges to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
133 words
A user community administration tool for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a domain definition component that defines the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component that grants administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component that manages user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
133 words
A user community administration tool for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a domain definition component that defines the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component that grants administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component that manages user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
The tool according to claim 17 , wherein the domain definition component specifies the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The tool according to claim 18 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tool according to claim 17 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the granted administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
57 words
The tool according to claim 17 , wherein the domain definition component specifies administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and the administrative privileges component delegates the administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with the domains to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
178 words
A system for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information; a user community administration tool to manage the plurality of user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges; and a first computing unit configured to serve the user community administration tool and the database directory.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
178 words
A system for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information; a user community administration tool to manage the plurality of user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges; and a first computing unit configured to serve the user community administration tool and the database directory.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein the domain definition component specifies the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system according to claim 23 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the granted administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system according to claim 22 , further comprising a second computing unit configured to execute the user community administration tool served from the first computing unit over a network.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
200 words
A system for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information; a user community administration tool to manage the plurality of user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges; a first computing unit configured to execute the user community administration tool; a network; and a second computing unit configured to serve the database directory and the user community administration tool to the first computing unit over the network.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
200 words
A system for managing information associated with a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information; a user community administration tool to manage the plurality of user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges; a first computing unit configured to execute the user community administration tool; a network; and a second computing unit configured to serve the database directory and the user community administration tool to the first computing unit over the network.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
129 words
A user community administration tool for providing delegated administration of a user community, comprising: means for dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; means for granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and means for delegating the granted administrative privileges to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
129 words
A user community administration tool for providing delegated administration of a user community, comprising: means for dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; means for granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values specified for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and means for delegating the granted administrative privileges to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tool according to claim 28 , further comprising means for dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
54 words
The tool according to claim 29 , further comprising means for delegating the granted administrative privileges to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains, wherein an administrator with delegation authority delegates at least one of delegation authority and edit authority, while an administrator with edit authority delegates edit authority.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tool according to claim 28 , further comprising means for delegating the granted administrative privileges to additional administrators for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for providing delegated administrative control of a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information associated with the user community: and a user community administration tool to facilitate administrative control of the user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for providing delegated administrative control of a user community, comprising: a database directory containing a plurality of user information associated with the user community: and a user community administration tool to facilitate administrative control of the user information in the database directory; the user community administration tool comprising a domain definition component to define the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; an administrative privileges component to grant administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and an information management component to manage user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain in accordance with the granted administrative privileges.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system according to claim 32 , wherein the domain definition component divides the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system according to claim 33 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the administrative privileges to an arbitrary level of administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system according to claim 32 , wherein the administrative privileges component delegates the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
132 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to provide delegated administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and delegating the granted administrative privileges to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
132 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to provide delegated administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and delegating the granted administrative privileges to another administrator for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
33 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 36 , further comprising instructions for dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
30 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 37 , further comprising instructions for delegating the granted administrative privileges to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
33 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 36 , further comprising instructions for delegating the granted administrative privileges to additional administrators for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
65 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 36 , further comprising instructions for dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegating administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each domain, wherein the dividing and delegating continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
30 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 36 , further comprising instructions for managing user community information associated with the at least one administrative domain according to the delegated administrative privileges.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
153 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to provide delegated administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
153 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to provide delegated administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: dividing the user community into at least one administrative domain, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; granting administrative privileges to an administrator for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; dividing the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; and delegating the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
64 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 42 , further comprising instructions for dividing the administrative sub-domains into more domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegating administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each of these domains, wherein the dividing and delegating continue to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
154 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to enable an administrator to control administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: providing information associated with the user community to the administrator; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
154 words
A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to enable an administrator to control administration of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: providing information associated with the user community to the administrator; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
37 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 44 , further comprising instructions for prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
37 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 45 , further comprising instructions for prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
70 words
The computer-readable medium according to claim 46 , further comprising instructions for prompting the administrator to divide the administrative sub-domains into more domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values and delegate administrative privileges for managing user community information associated with each of these domains, wherein the prompting to divide and delegate continues to an arbitrary level with respect to the at least one administrative domain.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
208 words
A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to enable an administrator to delegate administration control of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: providing information associated with the user community; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative sub-domains and administrative privileges and delegated privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
208 words
A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to enable an administrator to delegate administration control of a user community, the computer instructions comprising: providing information associated with the user community; prompting the administrator to define at least one administrative domain for the user community, wherein the at least one administrative domain is a managed object that comprises a set of users, a set of modifiable user attributes and a set of allowable values for the user attributes; prompting the administrator to define administrative privileges for managing user community information according to the set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values defined for the at least one administrative domain, wherein the administrative privileges include at least one of delegation authority and edit authority; prompting the administrator to divide the at least one administrative domain into administrative sub-domains each having a set of users, attributes and allowable attribute values; prompting the administrator to delegate the granted administrative privileges from the administrator to other administrators for managing user community information associated with the administrative sub-domains; and using the at least one administrative domain and administrative sub-domains and administrative privileges and delegated privileges defined by the administrator to control administration of the information associated with the user community.
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