Systems and Methods for Controlling Email Access

• US 20140165148A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dabbiere, Alan, Stuntebeck, Erich, Brannon, Jonathon Blake
• Granted Patent: US 8,978,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to identifying email resources associated with client devices, identifying resource rules, determining whether the email resources satisfy the resource rules, and modifying the email resources based on the resource rules if the resource rules are not satisfied by the email resources.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices including instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to perform a method comprising the steps of;

identifying one or more email resources associated with one or more client devices;

identifying one or more resource rules;

determining whether the email resources satisfy the resource rules; and

,

responsive to a determination that the email resources do not satisfy the resource rules, modifying the email resources based at least in part on the resource rules.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory devices further include instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to perform a method further comprising the step of:

responsive to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules, authorizing one or more client devices to access the email resources.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory devices further include instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to perform a method further comprising the step of:

responsive to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules, authorizing one or more pairings of one or more client devices and one of more users of the client devices to access the email resources.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the resource rules comprise one or more of format rules, content rules, attachment rules, or access rules.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the email resources comprises one or more of formatting, encoding, configuring, flagging, adding, removing, stripping, moving or replacing one or more portions of the email resources.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the email resources comprises configuring one or more portions of the email resources to be exclusively accessible via one or more client side applications on the client devices.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the client side applications are configured to enforce one or more of printing restrictions, screen capture restrictions, transmission restrictions, cutting restrictions, copying restrictions, or pasting restrictions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the stringency of the resource rules may be one or more of increased, reduced, or eliminated based on the state of the client devices.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, the program comprising code, which when executed, causes the computing device to perform a method comprising the steps of:

receiving, on one or more client devices, one or more email resources;

identifying one or more resource rules;

determining whether the email resources satisfy the resource rules; and

,

responsive to a determination that the email resources do not satisfy the resource rules, modifying the email resources based at least in part on the resource rules.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program further comprises code, which when executed, causes the computing device to perform a method further comprising the step of:

responsive to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules, authorizing the client devices to access the email resources.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program further comprises code, which when executed, causes the computing device to perform a method further comprising the step of:

responsive to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules, authorizing a pairing of the client devices and one or more users of the client devices to access the email resources.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the resource rules comprise one or more of format rules, content rules, attachment rules, or access rules.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein modifying the email resources comprises one or more of formatting, encoding, configuring, flagging, adding, removing, stripping, moving or replacing one or more portions of the email resources.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein modifying the email resources comprises configuring one or more portions of the email resources to be exclusively accessible via one or more client side applications.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the client side applications are configured to enforce one or more of printing restrictions, screen capture restrictions, transmission restrictions, cutting restrictions, copying restrictions, or pasting restrictions.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the stringency of the resource rules may be one or more of increased, reduced, or eliminated based on the state of the client devices.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

authorizing the client devices to access the email resources associated with the client devices.

17. A method comprising the steps of:

identifying one or more email resources;

identifying one or more resource rules; and

,

modifying the email resources based at least in part on the resource rules.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the resource rules comprise one or more of format rules, content rules, attachment rules, or access rules.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein modifying the email resources comprises one or more of formatting, encoding, configuring, flagging, adding, removing, stripping, moving or replacing one or more portions of the email resources.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein modifying the email resources comprises configuring one or more portions of the email resources to be exclusively accessible via one or more client side applications.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the client side applications are configured to enforce one or more of printing restrictions, screen capture restrictions, transmission restrictions, cutting restrictions, copying restrictions, or pasting restrictions.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the stringency of the resource rules may be one or more of increased, reduced, or eliminated based on the state of one or more client devices associated with the email resources.