US 2010/0306827 A1Published application

Opaque Quarantine and Device Discovery

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsJuan V. Esteve Balducci, John Atwood, Zhike Kong, Ying Zhang, Sergey B. Plakhotnyuk

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Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide communication control features and functionality, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computing environment includes an access control component that can use a number of access states to control access to computing data and/or services. In one embodiment, a server computer can control access to data and/or services using a number of access states including, but not limited to: an allowed state, a blocked state, a device discovery state, and/or a quarantined state. Other embodiments are available.

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Dependent claims

A computing system comprising:

a processor and computer storage;
an access control component to control access to system services and data using a number of access states by:
receiving a service request including device parameters from a device requesting the system services and data;
associating a synchronization time with the service request;
blocking the handheld device from the system services and data if a trust level is less than a requisite trust level required by the system;
allowing the handheld device to access and use the system services and data of the system if the trust level is greater than or equal to the requisite trust level;
quarantining the device to prevent access and use of the system services and data if the trust level of the device is unknown, the quarantining including providing quarantine data to the device absent providing the requested services and data to the device;
and,
storing the access state of the device in the computer storage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.