Cheng Huat Tan

US Patent:

20070088744, Apr 19, 2007

Filed:

Oct 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/249803

Inventors:

Joseph Webber - Houston TX, US
Thomas Price - Houston TX, US
Cheng Tan - Missouri City TX, US
Ed Schlichtenmyer - Crosby TX, US
Ziauddin Chowdhury - Cypress TX, US
Earl Callens - Deer Park TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707104100

Abstract:

A new method and directory management system for creating and maintaining directories, linking accounts, and assigning appropriate access rights when triggering events occur as prescribed by the business rules of the organization. To accomplish this, the directory management system acts as a bridge between the organizations commonly used transaction systems and the file system directory used by the organization. The directory management system generally operates by defining triggering events which are represented by defined observable changes in the commonly used transaction systems of the organization, incorporating the organizations business rules to prescribe account and directory actions that should be taken when the triggering events occur, and providing a system to monitor for the occurrence of the triggering events and execute the account and directory actions in response to the triggering events.