Method and system for dynamic issuance of group certificates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6883100
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09309045

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In accordance with the invention, on-line group servers issue group membership or group non-membership certificates upon request. Furthermore, when a requester requests a group certificate for a particular entity, the associated group server makes a dynamic decision regarding the entity's membership in the group rather than simply referring to a membership list. These capabilities provide for, among other things, the implementation of 'nested' groups, wherein an entity may indirectly prove membership in a first, or nested, group by proving membership in a second group which is a member of the first group. In the nested group situation, the dynamic decision may involve the group server of the nested group obtaining proof of the entity's membership or non-membership in the second group. Proof of membership or non-membership may include a group certificate and/or a group membership list.

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ORACLE AMERICA INC500 ORACLE PARKWAY REDWOOD SHORES CA 94065

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Anne H Acton, MA 14 862
Elley, Yassir K Cambridge, MA 11 513
Hanna, Stephen R Bedford, MA 50 2930
Mullan, Sean J Watertown, MA 8 419
Perlman, Radia J Acton, MA 126 6267

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