Appeal 2007-1317
Application 09/731,623
respect to the rejection of dependent claim 11, the Examiner has indicated on
page 11 of the Answer that the rejection of claim 11 has been reconsidered
and withdrawn. However, on pages 4 and 6 of the Answer we find the
Examiner nevertheless maintains a rejection for claim 11 as being
unpatentable over Savill in view of Wu. In order to avoid unnecessary delay
and expedite the prosecution of this appeal, we will consider claim 11 as
standing rejected as set forth on pages 4 and 6 of the Answer. We note that
Appellants address the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-24 in the Brief and
there is no Reply Brief.
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention relates generally to data processing systems,
and more particularly, to user authentication and access in a data processing
system (Specification 1). The disclosed invention provides a system and
method for aggregating authenticated identities. A security context created
in response to a first user logon is saved in response to a second logon. A
composite or aggregate security context is created based on the identity
passed in the second logon. Access may then be granted (or denied) based
on the current, aggregated security context. Upon logout of the user based
on the second identity, the aggregate security context is destroyed, and the
security context reverts to the context previously saved. Alternatively, in
another embodiment, all security contexts, including those on the stack, may
be destroyed (Specification 8).
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