US 12,452,235 B2
Access to data stored in a cloud
Monika Maidl, Munich (DE); and Stefan Seltzsam, Ismaning (DE)
Assigned to ServiceNow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by ServiceNow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,079.
Application 17/706,079 is a continuation of application No. 16/883,479, filed on May 26, 2020, granted, now 11,290,446.
Application 16/883,479 is a continuation of application No. 16/397,740, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,666,647, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 16/397,740 is a continuation of application No. 14/124,728, granted, now 10,320,777, issued on Jun. 11, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2012/058514, filed on May 9, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 102011077218.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 8, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286448 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a server disposed in a local environment, the server comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing an access policy and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a rights application, a request associated with a requesting application hosted in a cloud environment to access data stored in the cloud environment;
identifying a first set of access rights based on the access policy and the requesting application, wherein the first set of access rights define access to the data by the requesting application; and
transmitting, to the rights application, the first set of access rights, wherein the rights application is configured to allow the requesting application to access the data in accordance with the first set of access rights.