Mobile Device Connection Control for Synchronization and Remote Data Access

At least one non-transitory computer readable-storage medium for managing attempts made by computing devices to access centralized enterprise level data according to at least one device classification level rule, the at least one non-transitory computer readable-storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when loaded into computer memory and executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps:

• defining a plurality of classes of computing devices;
• assigning definitions of each specific one of a plurality of computing devices to a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, based on attributes concerning the specific computing device;
• receiving a request from an unclassified computing device to access centralized enterprise level data, wherein the received request contains information concerning the unclassified computing device;
• reading information concerning the unclassified computing device from the received request;
• classifying the unclassified computing device into a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, based at least partially on information concerning the computing device read from the received request;
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• responsive to the classification of the computing device into the specific defined class, governing the received request to access centralized enterprise level data, according to at least one device classification level rule, wherein the at least one device classification level rule specifies an access policy for computing devices of the specific defined class.

A computer system for managing attempts made by computing devices to access centralized enterprise level data according to at least one device classification level rule, the computer system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• system memory;
• a class defining module residing in the system memory, the a class defining module being programmed to define a plurality of classes of computing devices;
• a device definition assigning module residing in the system memory, the device definition assigning module being programmed to assign definitions of each specific one of a plurality of computing devices to a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, based on attributes concerning the specific computing device;
• a request receiving module residing in the system memory, the request receiving module being programmed to receive a request from an unclassified computing device to access centralized enterprise level data, wherein the received request contains information concerning the unclassified computing device;
• a request reading module residing in the system memory, the request reading module being programmed to read information concerning the unclassified computing device from the received request;
• a device classifying module residing in the system memory, the device classifying module being programmed to classify the unclassified computing device into a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, based at least partially on information concerning the computing device read from the received request;
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• an access governing module residing in the system memory, the access governing module being programmed to govern the received request to access centralized enterprise level data according to at least one device classification level rule, responsive to the classification of the computing device into the specific defined class, wherein the at least one device classification level rule specifies an access policy for computing devices of the specific defined class.