Premises aware security
AssigneeMcAfee, Inc.
InventorsSudeep Das, Pramod Sharma, Sumat Vashisth
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Abstract
Premise-based policies can be applied in the management of mobile devices and other computing devices within a system. A computing device is detected using close proximity wireless communication and location information is sent to the computing device using close proximity wireless communication. Policies applied to the computing device can be based at least in part on the location information.
Claims26
1-25. (canceled)
At least one machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive, over a close proximity wireless communication, a location identifier corresponding to a computing device at a premises;
- access a policy database;
- identify at least one policy based at least in part on the location identifier;
- and
- cause the at least one policy to be applied to a computing device while the computing device is within the premises.
A method comprising:
- receiving, using close proximity wireless communication, a location identifier corresponding to a computing device at a premises;
- accessing a policy database;
- identifying at least one policy based at least in part on the location identifier, and
- causing the at least one policy to be applied to a computing device while the computing device is within the premises.
At least one machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
- detect a computing device using close proximity wireless communication;
- and
- send location information to the computing device using close proximity wireless communication, the location information corresponding to a particular premises;
- wherein policies applied to the computing device while the computing device is present within the particular premises are based at least in part on the computing device possessing the location information.
A method comprising:
- detecting a computing device using close proximity wireless communication;
- and
- sending location information to the computing device using close proximity wireless communication, the location information corresponding to a particular premises;
- wherein policies applied to the computing device while the computing device is present within the particular premises are based at least in part on the computing device possessing the location information.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor device;
- at least one memory element;
- a policy server with a set of policies associated with a set of locations;
- and
- a wireless non-contact writer configured to:
- transmit a location identifier to a computing device over a close proximity wireless communication channel, wherein the location identifier corresponds to a particular premises and a particular one of the set of policies is to be applied to the computing device while the computing device is within the particular premises are based at least in part on possession of the location identifier by the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.