Associating user accounts with enterprise workspaces
AssigneeAirWatch LLC
InventorsScott Harlow Kelley, Adarsh Subhash Chandra Jain, Stephen Turner
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Abstract
Various examples relate to the configuration of enterprise workspaces that can be provided in computing devices. In some examples, a computing device is enrolled with a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device. A management component creates a user account with a distributor of the operating system based on an email address. The management component requests an authentication service to authenticate a user. The user account is associated with an enterprise workspace of the computing device.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a computing device enrolled in a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device;
- at least one application executable on the computing device, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the computing device to at least:
- request creation of a first user account with a distributer of an operating system of the computing device based on an email address associated with a user of the computing device, the email address being unassociated with any account with the distributer of the operating system;
- request an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user that is associated with an enterprise workspace of the operating system, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of:
- a previous authentication of the user or authentication information provided by the user;
- and
- associate the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of computer instructions executable by a computing device enrolled in a management service that controls at least a portion of the computing device, wherein the plurality of computer instructions cause the computing device to at least:
- request creation of a first user account with a distributer of an operating system of the computing device based on an email address associated with a user of the computing device, the email address being unassociated with any account with the distributer of the operating system;
- request an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user that is associated with an enterprise workspace of the operating system, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of:
- a previous authentication of the user or authentication information provided by the user;
- and
- associate the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.
A method, comprising:
- requesting, by a computing device enrolled in a management service that controls operation of at least a portion of the computing device, creation of a first user account with a distributer of an operating system of the computing device based on an email address associated with a user of the computing device, the email address being unassociated with any account with the distributer of the operating system;
- requesting, by the computing device, an authentication service associated with the management service to authenticate the user based on a second user account of the user that is associated with an enterprise workspace of the operating system, the authentication service authenticating the user according to at least one of:
- a previous authentication of the user or authentication information provided by the user;
- and
- associating, by the computing device, the first user account with the enterprise workspace of the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.