Information security – Access control or authentication – Authorization
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-10
2011-05-10
Zand, Kambiz (Department: 2434)
Information security
Access control or authentication
Authorization
C726S016000, C726S017000, C726S026000, C726S028000, C713S182000, C713S183000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07941848
ABSTRACT:
System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
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