US 2020/0028879 A1 · QUERYLESS DEVICE CONFIGURATION DETERMINATION-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Embodiments described herein are directed to managing device compliance for devices that are connected to an enterprise network. For example, a mobile device manager may provide configuration settings to a computing device, which implements the settings in order to be compliant with an enterprise's data and/or security policy. The mobile device manager also maintains a local reference of each device's configuration settings implemented thereby. When the mobile device manager subsequently performs a determination as to whether the computing device is still in compliance, the mobile device manager simply needs to refer to the local reference to determine the computing device's settings instead of explicitly querying the computing device for its settings. The foregoing techniques may be extended for security baseline compliance determinations, IoT device compliance determinations and compliance determinations for other types of devices, such as devices utilized by business partners of the enterprise that utilize the enterprise's network.

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Dependent claims

A method implemented by a server, comprising:

determining a configuration setting for a computing device accessible via a network that communicatively couples the server and the computing device;
transmitting, via the network, the configuration setting to the computing device;
maintaining a reference to the configuration setting on the server;
receiving, via the network, an acknowledgment from the computing device that the configuration setting has been implemented thereby;
and
designating the computing device as being in compliance with a compliance rule responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

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A server, comprising:

at least one processor circuit;
and
at least one memory that stores program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit, the program code comprising:
a compliance engine configured to:
determine a configuration setting for a computing device accessible via a network that communicatively couples the server and the computing device;
transmit, via the network, the configuration setting to the computing device;
maintain a reference to the configuration setting on the server;
receive, via the network, an acknowledgment from the computing device that the configuration setting has been implemented thereby;
and
designate the computing device as being in compliance with a compliance rule responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

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A computer-readable storage medium having program instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method, the method comprising:

determining a configuration setting for a computing device accessible via a network that communicatively couples the server and the computing device;
transmitting, via the network, the configuration setting to the computing device;
maintaining a reference to the configuration setting on the server;
receiving, via the network, an acknowledgment from the computing device that the configuration setting has been implemented thereby;
and
designating the computing device as being in compliance with a compliance rule responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Queryless device configuration determination-based techniques for mobile device management

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Queryless device configuration determination-based techniques for mobile device management

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Abstract

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