Enabling conformance to legislative requirements for mobile devices
First Claim
1. A computer program product comprising computer readable program code stored on a computer readable storage medium, for providing communication services to application programs on a first computing device, the program code including means for dynamically controlling the operation of the first computing device to execute processesto respond to automatic identification of the country location of at least the first computing device by obtaining information for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the identified country or countries, and to dynamically select or validate selection of a cryptographic component in accordance with the obtained information and in accordance with communication requirements of at least a first application program on the first computing device, for encrypting and decrypting data.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and a mechanism for dynamically controlling the performance of communication-related operations of a mobile device in accordance with legislative requirements of the particular location of the mobile device and the location of the computing device with which it is to communicate, and also in accordance with communication requirements of application programs at either end of the communication link. A first use of the invention is for ensuring conformance of a mobile device'"'"'s communications to the cryptographic requirements of different countries, even when the device crosses a country boundary during communication.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer program product comprising computer readable program code stored on a computer readable storage medium, for providing communication services to application programs on a first computing device, the program code including means for dynamically controlling the operation of the first computing device to execute processes
to respond to automatic identification of the country location of at least the first computing device by obtaining information for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the identified country or countries, and to dynamically select or validate selection of a cryptographic component in accordance with the obtained information and in accordance with communication requirements of at least a first application program on the first computing device, for encrypting and decrypting data.
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14. A method for dynamically controlling the operation of a first computing device including:
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in response to automatic identification of the country location of at least the first computing device, obtaining information for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the identified country or countries; and
dynamically selecting or validating selection of a cryptographic component in accordance with the obtained information and in accordance with communication requirements of at least a first application program on the first computing device, for encrypting and decrypting data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A mobile computing device including software for dynamically controlling the operation of the device to ensure conformance to legislative requirements of the current location of the device, the software controlling the device to execute processes
to respond to automatic identification of the country location of at least the mobile computing device by obtaining information for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the identified country or countries, and to dynamically select or validate selection of an operation sequence in accordance with the obtained information and in accordance with communication requirements of at least a first application program on the mobile computing device, for encrypting and decrypting data.
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18. A computing apparatus for interoperating with a mobile computing device, the computing apparatus including software for dynamically controlling the operation of the computing apparatus to ensure conformance to legislative requirements of both the location of the computing apparatus and of the current location of the mobile computing device, the software controlling the apparatus to execute processes
to respond to automatic identification of the country location of the mobile computing device by obtaining information for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the identified country location of the mobile device and for identifying permitted cryptographic components for the country location of the computing apparatus, and to dynamically select or validate selection of a cryptographic component in accordance with the obtained information and in accordance with communication requirements of at least a first application program on the mobile computing device, for encrypting and decrypting data.
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