Selective Management of Mobile Devices in an Enterprise Environment
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1. A method comprising:
- registering a mobile device with an enterprise by storing registration data for the mobile device in a device management database;
designating, by one or more device management servers, one or more group designations for the mobile device;
storing the one or more group designations in the device management database;
determining, by the one or more device management servers, one or more erasure policies for the mobile device based at least in part on the one or more group designations;
in response to the determination that data in the mobile device is to be erased, selectively erasing, based on the one or more erasure policies, selected data stored in the mobile device.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a method is described that includes registering a mobile device with an enterprise by storing registration data for the mobile device in a device management database; designating one or more group designations for the mobile device; storing the one or more group designations in the device management database; determining one or more policies for the mobile device based at least in part on the one or more group designations; and selectively taking action on selected data from the mobile device in the device management database based on the one or more policies.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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registering a mobile device with an enterprise by storing registration data for the mobile device in a device management database; designating, by one or more device management servers, one or more group designations for the mobile device; storing the one or more group designations in the device management database; determining, by the one or more device management servers, one or more erasure policies for the mobile device based at least in part on the one or more group designations; in response to the determination that data in the mobile device is to be erased, selectively erasing, based on the one or more erasure policies, selected data stored in the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media encoding software that is operable when executed to:
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register a mobile device with an enterprise by storing registration data for the mobile device in a device management database; designate one or more group designations for the mobile device; store the one or more group designations in the device management database; determine one or more erasure policies for the mobile device based at least in part on the one or more group designations; in response to the determination that data in the mobile device is to be erased, selectively erase, based on the one or more erasure policies, selected data stored in the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors and tangibly storing one or more instructions, the processors operable when executing the instructions to; register a mobile device with an enterprise by storing registration data for the mobile device in a device management database; designate one or more group designations for the mobile device; store the one or more group designations in the device management database; determine one or more erasure policies for the mobile device based at least in part on the one or more group designations; in response to the determination that data in the mobile device is to be erased, selectively erase, based on the one or more erasure policies, selected data stored in the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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