Method and aparatus for presence based resource management
AssigneeWebsense, Inc.
InventorRobert Barth Black
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide resource authorization based on a computer's presence information. Presence information may include information relating to a computer's operating environment. In some implementations, a presence detector on a computer determines presence information and provides the information to a resource manager. The computer may then generate a resource access request. A resource manager may then determine whether the resource request is authorized based, at least in part, on the presence information. The resource manager then responds to the resource access request, either granting or denying the request for resources.
Claims25
A method of managing a computer's access to resources, comprising:
- receiving a request for computer resources;
- executing instructions on computer hardware to determine presence information relating to the computer;
- determining a resource control policy to apply to the request for computer resources based on the presence information;
- and
- executing instructions on computer hardware to allow or disallow the request for resources based on the policy.
An apparatus for managing a computer's access to resources, comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor, configured to fetch instructions from the memory;
- and
- a network interface, operatively coupled to the processor,
- wherein the memory stores:
- a presence management module, configured to cause the processor to receive and store presence information for the computer to a storage,
- a URL filtering interface module, configured to cause the processor to receive a URL access request including a requested URL,
- a URL categorization module, configured to cause the processor to determine one or more URL categories of the requested URL,
- a policy determination module, configured to cause the processor to determine a policy to apply to the requested URL based, at least in part, on the presence information for the computer, and
- a policy application module, configured to cause the processor to authorize or not authorize access to the requested URL by the computer based, at least in part, on the determined policy and the one or more URL categories.
An apparatus for managing a computer's access to resources, comprising:
- means for determining presence information relating to the computer;
- and
- means for applying a resource control policy based on the presence information.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method of managing a computer's access to resources, the method comprising:
- determining presence information relating to the computer;
- and
- applying a resource control policy based on the presence information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.