US 2015/0040239 A1Published application

Systems and methods for managing lost devices of multiple types with multiple policies using melded profiles associated with groups

AssigneeLabTech LLC

InventorsGregory Francis Buerk, Scott Logan

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Abstract

This disclosure facilitates managing lost devices. In some embodiments, a system receives a first device type from a first agent on a first device, and a different second device type from a second agent on a second device. The system receives a first group associated with the first device and a different second group associated with the second device. The system determines that the first device and the second device are lost and accesses a database storing first and second configuration classes associated with the first and second devices, respectively. The system creates first and second device-dependent classes based on the first and second device types and the first and second configuration classes, respectively. The system melds the first device-dependent class into a first melded profile and the second device-dependent class into a second melded profile, using the respective groups, and applies the melded profiles to the corresponding device.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method for managing lost devices via a computer network, comprising:

receiving, by a server from a first agent executing on a first device, a first device type;
receiving, by the server from a second agent executing on a second device, a second device type, the second device type different from the first device type;
receiving, by the server from a user interface, a first group associated with the first device and a second group associated with the second device, the second group different from the first group;
determining, by the server, that the first device is lost;
determining, by the server, that the second device is lost;
accessing, by the server responsive to determining that at least one of the first device and second device is lost, a database storing, in memory, a first configuration class associated with the first device and a second configuration class associated with the second device;
creating, by the server, based on the first device type and the first configuration class, a first device-dependent class;
creating, by the server, based on the second device type and the second configuration class, a second device-dependent class;
melding, by the server based on the first group, the first device-dependent class into a first melded profile;
melding, by the server based on the second group, the second device-dependent class into a second melded profile;
and
applying, by the server, the first melded profile to the first device that is lost and the second melded profile to the second device that is lost.

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A system for managing lost devices via a computer network, comprising:

a server including a processor and memory configured to:
receive, from a first agent executing on a first device, a first device type;
receive, from a second agent executing on a second device, a second device type, the second device type different from the first device type;
receive, from a user interface, a first group associated with the first device and a second group associated with the second device, the second group different from the first group;
determine that the first device is lost;
determine that the second device is lost;
access, responsive to determining that at least one of the first device and second device is lost, a database storing a first configuration class associated with the first device and a second configuration class associated with the second device;
create, based on the first device type and the first configuration class, a first device-dependent class;
create, based on the second device type and the second configuration class, a second device-dependent class;
meld, based on the first group, the first device-dependent class into a first melded profile;
meld, based on the second group, the second device-dependent class into a second melded profile;
and
apply the first melded profile to the first device that is lost and the second melded profile to the second device that is lost.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/448,359Filed 31 Jul 2014
Priority: 1 Aug 2013
Published: 5 Feb 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04L 63/20
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for managing network security; network security policies in general
G06F 21/60
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting data
G06F 21/6245
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
G06F 21/88
Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer:…