Method of customizing a standardized it policy
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1. A method of providing IT policy data to configure devices associated with a group of users, wherein the IT policy data is customizable on a per-user basis and the method comprises:
- defining global IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to all users within the group of users;
defining user IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to a special user within the group of users;
generating IT policy data based on IT policy rules applicable to users within the group; and
sending appropriate IT policy data to the corresponding users within the group.
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Abstract
A system and method are described herein for standardizing an IT policy that is used to configure devices operating on a network. An IT policy can be generated that applies to a group of users or to one or more special users without having to define and store a new IT policy for each special user. This can be achieved by specifying global and per-user IT policy rules and merging these rules as needed to produce IT policy data.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing IT policy data to configure devices associated with a group of users, wherein the IT policy data is customizable on a per-user basis and the method comprises:
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defining global IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to all users within the group of users;
defining user IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to a special user within the group of users;
generating IT policy data based on IT policy rules applicable to users within the group; and
sending appropriate IT policy data to the corresponding users within the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium embodying program code means executable by a processor for performing a method for providing IT policy data to configure devices associated with a group of users on a network, wherein the IT policy data is customizable on a per-user basis and the method comprises:
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defining global IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to all users within the group of users;
defining user IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to a special user within the group of users;
generating IT policy data based on IT policy rules applicable to users within the group; and
sending appropriate IT policy data to the corresponding users within the group. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An IT policy server for providing IT policy data to configure devices associated with a group of users on a network, wherein the IT policy data is customizable on a per-user basis and the IT policy server comprises:
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a) a processor adapted to generate the IT policy data;
b) a network interface connected to the processor, the network interface being adapted to allow the IT policy server to communicate with the network; and
c) a memory unit connected to the processor, the memory unit being adapted to store applications and data related to the IT policy, wherein, the processor stores global IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to all users within the group of users;
stores user IT policy rules with associated settings that are applicable to a special user within the group of users, generates the IT policy data based on IT policy rules applicable to users within the group, and sends appropriate IT policy data to the corresponding users within the group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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