PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITIES

• US 20140295821A1
• Filed: 09/13/2013
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Qureshi, Waheed
• Granted Patent: US 9,985,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4633 Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/20 Traffic policing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing mobile device management functionalities are presented. In various embodiments, a mobile device management agent may monitor state information associated with a mobile computing device. The monitored state information may be analyzed on the mobile computing device and/or by one or more policy management servers. In some instances, the one or more policy management servers may provide management information to the mobile computing device, and the management information may include one or more commands (which may, e.g., cause the mobile computing device to enforce one or more policies) and/or one or more policy updates. Subsequently, one or more policies may be enforced on the mobile computing device based on the monitored state information and/or based on the management information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring, by a mobile device management agent, state information associated with a mobile computing device; and

enforcing one or more policies on at least one application on the mobile computing device based on the monitored state information,

wherein monitoring the state information includes providing at least some of the monitored state information to one or more policy management servers, and

wherein enforcing the one or more policies on the at least one application includes;

receiving management information from the one or more policy management servers; and

executing at least one command included in the received management information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more applications that are present on the mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more network connections that are used by the mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the state information includes determining current location information for the mobile computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes disabling the at least one application based on the monitored state information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes selectively disabling one or more functions of the at least one application based on the monitored state information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes reconfiguring the at least one application.

8. A mobile computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile computing device to;

monitor, via a mobile device management agent, state information associated with the mobile computing device; and

enforce one or more policies on at least one application on the mobile computing device based on the monitored state information,

wherein monitoring the state information includes providing at least some of the monitored state information to one or more policy management servers, and

wherein enforcing the one or more policies on the at least one application includes;

receiving management information from the one or more policy management servers; and

executing at least one command included in the received management information.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more applications that are present on the mobile computing device.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more network connections that are used by the mobile computing device.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein monitoring the state information includes determining current location information for the mobile computing device.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes disabling the at least one application based on the monitored state information.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes selectively disabling one or more functions of the at least one application based on the monitored state information.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes reconfiguring the at least one application.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a mobile computing device to:

monitor, via a mobile device management agent, state information associated with the mobile computing device; and

enforce one or more policies on at least one application on the mobile computing device based on the monitored state information,

wherein monitoring the state information includes providing at least some of the monitored state information to one or more policy management servers, and

wherein enforcing the one or more policies on the at least one application includes;

receiving management information from the one or more policy management servers; and

executing at least one command included in the received management information.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more applications that are present on the mobile computing device.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein monitoring the state information includes identifying one or more network connections that are used by the mobile computing device.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein monitoring the state information includes determining current location information for the mobile computing device.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes disabling the at least one application based on the monitored state information.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein enforcing the one or more policies includes selectively disabling one or more functions of the at least one application based on the monitored state information.