Selective Remote Wipe

• US 20130312106A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Reeves, Paul E., Russello, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US13/843,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20130312106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Methods and devices for connecting a mobile device with different data storage devices located either locally or remotely are provided. The device may apply one or more rules to create a hierarchical virtualization of the several data storage devices. The virtualization may then be provided to the user as a single, hierarchical file system. Further, a monitoring system may monitor the file system to determine if any new applications have been installed or if applications are currently being executed. If a connection is made to a secure network, the system may provide the information derived from the monitoring to the secure network. The secure network can then analyze the information to determine if any of the applications should be uninstalled from the device or should be stopped while the device is connected to the network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving data at a mobile device;

determining if the data is sensitive;

if the data is sensitive, storing the data in a sensitive data storage.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising if the data is non-sensitive, storing the data in a non-sensitive data storage.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sensitive data includes personal data about a user of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the data is determined to be sensitive based on input from a user.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the data is determined to be sensitive based on analysis of the data.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a wipe signal; and

in response to the wipe signal, erasing the sensitive data in the sensitive data storage.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the non-sensitive data is not erased in response to a wipe signal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the sensitive data and the non-sensitive data are segregated.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the sensitive data and the non-sensitive data are stored in separate locations.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein a user accesses the non-sensitive data after the device responds to the wipe signal.

11. A device, comprising:

a first screen, the first screen including a first gesture capture region;

a second screen, wherein the second screen faces an opposite direction from the first screen when the device is closed, and wherein an image capture lens is associated with the second screen;

a memory;

a processor in communication with the memory, the first screen, and the second screen, the processor operable to;

execute a designator;

receive data at the designator;

determine, by the designator, if the data is sensitive;

if the data is sensitive, store, by the designator, the data in a sensitive data storage; and

if the data is non-sensitive, store, by the designator, the data in a non-sensitive data storage.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the data is determined to be sensitive based on one of input from a user or analysis of the data.

13. The device of claim 12, the processor further operable to:

execute a wipe function;

receive, by a wipe function, a wipe signal; and

in response to the wipe signal, erase, by the wipe function, the sensitive data in the sensitive data storage.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the non-sensitive data is not erased in response to a wipe signal.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the sensitive data and the non-sensitive data are logically segregated or stored in separate locations.

16. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor of a device to execute a method for providing a remote device filter, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

instructions to execute a designator;

instructions to receive data at the designator;

instructions to determine, by the designator, if the data is sensitive;

if the data is sensitive, instructions to store, by the designator, the data in a sensitive data storage; and

if the data is non-sensitive, instructions to store, by the designator, the data in a non-sensitive data storage.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the data is determined to be sensitive based on one of input from a user or analysis of the data.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, the computer-executable instructions further comprising:

instructions to execute a wipe function;

instructions to receive, by a wipe function, a wipe signal; and

in response to the wipe signal, instructions to erase, by the wipe function, the sensitive data in the sensitive data storage.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the non-sensitive data is not erased in response to a wipe signal.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the sensitive data and the non-sensitive data are logically segregated or stored in separate locations.