Systems and Methods for Controlling Email Access

• US 20150113085A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dabbiere, Alan, Stuntebeck, Erich, Brannon, Jonathan Blake
• Granted Patent: US 9,853,928 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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 method, comprising:

identifying, by an access control server, a plurality of email resources associated with at least one client device;

identifying, using the access control server, at least one resource rule;

determining, in the access control server, whether the email resources satisfy the at least one resource rule; and

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modifying, by the access control server, the email resources based at least in part on at least one resource rule in response to determination that the email resources do not satisfy the resource rules.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising authorizing, by the access control server, at least one client device to access the email resources in response to a determination that the email resources satisfy the at least one resource rule.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising authorizing, by the access control server, at least one pairing of a particular client device and a particular user to access the email resources in response to a determination that the email resources satisfy the at least one resource rule.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one resource rule comprises at least one of:

a format rule, a content rule, an attachment rule, or an access rule.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the email resources comprises removing or deleting, by the access control server, at least a portion of the email resources.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the email resources comprises configuring, by the access control server, at least one portion of the email resources to be exclusively accessible via a particular application executed by the at least one client device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the particular application is configured to enforce at least one of a printing restriction, a screen capture restriction, a transmission restriction, a cutting restriction, a copying restriction, or a pasting restriction.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying, by the access control server, a stringency level of the at least one resource rule in response to detection of a state of the at least one client device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a client device, the program comprising code, which when executed, causes the client device to at least:

receive, on the client device, at least one email resource;

identify, on the client device, at least one resource rule;

determine, in the client device, whether the at least one email resource satisfies the at least one resource rule; and

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

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program further comprises code that causes the client device to at least authorize the client devices to access the email resources in response to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program further comprises code that causes the client device to at least authorize a pairing of the client devices and one or more users of the client devices to access the email resources in response to a determination that the email resources satisfy the resource rules.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the at least one resource rule comprises at least one of a format rule, a content rule, an attachment rule or an access rule.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the email resources are modified by at least one of removing or deleting at least a portion of the email resources.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the email resources are modified by configuring at least a portion of the email resources to be exclusively accessible via a particular application executed by the client device.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the particular application is configured to enforce at least one of a printing restriction, a screen capture restriction, a transmission restriction, a cutting restriction, a copying restriction, or a pasting restriction.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein a stringency of the at least one resource rule is modified based at least in part upon a state of the at least one client device.

17. A method, comprising:

identifying a plurality of email resources accessible by a client device;

identifying at least one resource rule associated with the email resources;

determining whether at least one of the client device or the plurality of email resources satisfy the at least one resource rule;

modifying at least a portion of the plurality of email resources in response to a determination that the at least one resource rule is violated; and

authorizing the client device to access the email resources associated with the client device in response to a determination that the at least one resource rule is not violated.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one resource rule comprises at least one of a format rule, a content rule, an attachment rule, or an access rule.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein modifying the plurality of email resources comprises at least one of formatting, encoding, configuring, flagging, adding, removing, stripping, moving or replacing the at least a portion of the plurality of email resources.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein modifying the plurality of email resources comprises configuring the at least a portion of the plurality email resources to be exclusively accessible via a particular application executed by the client device.