DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION PROTECTION POLICIES TO CLIENT MACHINES
First Claim
1. In a computing environment where resources are distributed, a method of obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment, the method comprising:
- sending a request to a server for metadata about resource protection policies at the server;
in response to the request, receiving from the server metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server;
analyzing the metadata from the server; and
based on analyzing the metadata, updating one or more resource protection policies stored at the client.
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Abstract
One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computing environment where resources are distributed, a method of obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment, the method comprising:
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sending a request to a server for metadata about resource protection policies at the server; in response to the request, receiving from the server metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server; analyzing the metadata from the server; and based on analyzing the metadata, updating one or more resource protection policies stored at the client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computing environment where resources are distributed, a method of providing policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a client for metadata about resource protection policies at a server; and in response to the request for metadata about resource protection polices at the server, sending metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server to the client. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a computing environment where resources are distributed, a method of providing policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from an application for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at a client; in response to receiving a request from the application for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the client, sending metadata to the application about one or more resource protection policies at the client; in response to sending metadata to the application about one or more resource protection policies at the client, receiving a request for one or more resource protection policies from the application; and in response to receiving a request for one or more resource protection policies from the application, sending one or more resource protection policies to the application. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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