US 11,711,400 B2
Electronic access control system
John Handley, Atlanta, GA (US); and Tushar Pujara, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,112.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232044 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/205 (2013.01) [G06F 21/604 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing controlled access to a system by a user device, the method comprising:
receiving a request for access to a computing resource, the request including a current context, the current context defining a user space and a resource space;
evaluating, by the user device, the current context against a security policy,
wherein the security policy comprises a default security policy and one or more custom security policies;
wherein the one or more custom security policies include fewer rules than the default security policy including differences from the default security policy; and
wherein the evaluating includes merging, by the user device, the default security policy and the one or more custom security policies;
determining that the user device is permitted to access the computing resource based on the request in response to the evaluating the current context against the security policy; and
in response to determining that the user device is permitted to access the computing resource, accessing the computing resource as requested.