REPUTATION-BASED AUTHORISATION DECISIONS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06F21/22 H04L9/32 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising: allowing a software application to run on a client computing device; receiving, from the executing software application, a request to perform a particular operation on a file on the client computing device; receiving an authorisation input, the authorisation input including a reputation value indicative of the reputation of the executing software application; comparing the authorisation input including the reputation value to an authorisation rule; and in response to the comparing, outputting a detailed authorisation decision pertaining to the requested particular operation on the file on the client computing device; wherein the reputation value is based on the input received from a group of human users indicating each human user experience with the executing software application, and input received from a group of computing entities indicating each computing entity's review or analysis of the executing software application.

EFFECT: high general security and integrity of the system.

14 cl, 5 dwg