MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for managing mobile devices of supported by different platforms. In some embodiments, the invention provides this management capability by utilizing one or more agents or modules native to the platforms themselves to provide interaction with individual mobile. In some embodiments, the invention provides an abstraction layer by which management tasks or other functions relating to mobile devices of different types may be generally defined and translated for application to mobile devices supported by different platforms. In some embodiments, the invention utilizes existing organizational structure of an enterprise or organization to define management permission for mobile device administrators and end users as well as to define policy configuration schemes for mobile devices. In some embodiments, the invention tracks the lifecycle of mobile devices within an enterprise or organization as assets within the organization.
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37 Claims
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19. A system to manage a plurality of mobile devices of an organization via a common interface, the system comprising:
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a registration module configured to receive location information regarding end user information within an enterprise directory and retrieve end user information regarding an end user from the enterprise directory using the location information, wherein the retrieved end user information comprises information relating to one or more mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the end user and enterprise role information regarding the end user'"'"'s association with the organization; and a management module configured to determine a management task definition for a management task to be performed on the one or more mobile devices, at least in part using the enterprise role information, and provide instructions to the one or more mobile devices to perform the management task using, at least in part, wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, 36)
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25. A method to manage a plurality of mobile devices of an organization via a common interface, the method comprising:
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receiving location information regarding end user information within an enterprise directory; retrieving end user information regarding an end user from the enterprise directory using the location information, wherein the retrieved end user information comprises information relating to one or more mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the end user and enterprise role information regarding the end user'"'"'s association with the organization; determining a management task definition for a management task to be performed on the one or more mobile devices, at least in part using the enterprise role information; and providing instructions to the one or more mobile devices for performing the management task using, at least in part, wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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37. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon to manage a plurality of mobile devices of an organization via a common interface, the instructions, when executed by a processing device, causing the processing device to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
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receiving location information regarding end user information within an enterprise directory; retrieving end user information regarding an end user from the enterprise directory using the location information, wherein the retrieved end user information comprises information relating to one or more mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the end user and enterprise role information regarding the end user'"'"'s association with the organization; determining a management task definition for a management task to be performed on the one or more mobile devices, at least in part using the enterprise role information; and providing instructions to the one or more mobile devices for performing the management task using, at least in part, wireless communication.
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