摘要 |
PURPOSE: A method for inter-enterprise role-based authorization is provided to authorize and verify the authorization of transactions between enterprises over both public and private networks. CONSTITUTION: A computerized method having a process flow operating over a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected computers and a plurality of resources, each computer including a processor, memory and input/output devices, each resource operatively coupled to at least one of the computers and executing at least one of the activities in the process flow, the method comprising the steps of assembling an electronic authorization of a transaction, extracting verifiable role certificates from electronic authorization, and verifying whether role certificates, associated with the authorization, are themselves authentic.
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