Systems and methods for managing sensitive data stored on a wireless computing device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGene L. Brown, Brendan F. Coffey, Christopher J. Dawson, Clifford V. Harris
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing sensitive data stored on a wireless computing device associated with a geofence. The system or method identifies sensitive data stored on the wireless computing device, defines a geofence based at least in part on a parameter associated with a user of the wireless computing device, continuously or periodically determines the location of the wireless computing device relative to the first geofence, and modifies, if the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device.
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A data management system, the system comprising:
- a wireless computing device, the wireless computing device comprising:
- (i) a non-transitory storage medium comprising sensitive data, and further comprising information about a geofence, wherein the geofence is defined at least in part by a parameter associated with a user of the wireless computing device;
- (ii) a GPS receiver;
- (iii) a wireless transceiver;
- (iv) a modification module;
- and (v) a processor;
- a wireless transceiver;
- a remote server in communication with the wireless transceiver, the remote server comprising a non-transitory storage medium;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- (i) determine, using information from the GPS receiver, the location of the wireless computing device relative to the first geofence;
- (ii) prompt, when the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, the user of the wireless computing device to provide a predetermined input;
- (iii) determine whether the predetermined input has been received from the user within a predetermined amount of time;
- and (iv) modify via the modification module, if the predetermined input is not received from the user after the predetermined amount of time, the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device.
A method for managing sensitive data stored on a wireless computing device, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying sensitive data stored on the wireless computing device;
- defining a first geofence, wherein the geofence is defined at least in part by a parameter associated with a user of the wireless computing device;
- determining the location of the wireless computing device relative to the first geofence;
- modifying, if the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device;
- establishing, when the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, a wireless connection between the wireless computing device and a remote server;
- transmitting the identified sensitive data to the remote server;
- and
- modifying the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device only after the identified sensitive data has been transmitted to the remote server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.