Device management macros

• US 8,914,013 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dabbiere, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/870,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/550.1, 455/411, 700/65
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8038 Roaming or handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8214 Data or packet based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/852 Low balance or limit reached
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/853 Calculate maximum communication time or volume
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/854 Available credit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/88 Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Mobile device management macros may be provided. A request to perform a function may be received. If the function is associated with a management macro comprising a plurality of operations, the macro may be activated to perform at least some of the plurality of operations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to perform a function, the function comprising a request to install an application;

determining whether the function is associated with a management macro comprising a plurality of operations, wherein at least one of the plurality of operations comprises determining whether the application comprises an authorized application;

in response to determining that the request to install the application is associated with the management macro, activating the management macro by determining whether the application comprises the authorized application, wherein activating the management macro comprises performing at least a subset of the plurality of operations;

in response to determining that the application comprises the authorized application, determining whether access to an application source is active;

in response to determining that access to the application source is not active, activating access to the application source;

installing the application from the application source; and

deactivating access to the application source.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the function further requires the use of an audited resource.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the function further comprises placing a call and the audited resource comprises a call time allocation.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the function further comprises a network transmission and the audited resource comprises a data allocation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of operations of the management macro comprises determining whether the requested function comprises a personal request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of operations of the management macro comprises determining whether the requested function comprises an enterprise request.

7. A system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processor coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a request to perform a function, the function comprising a request to install an application,

determine whether the function is associated with at least one of a plurality of management macros each comprising a plurality of operations, wherein the plurality of operations associated with the at least one of the plurality of management macros comprises determining whether access to an application source is active and in response to determining that access to the application source is active, deactivate access to the application source,

in response to determining that the function is associated with the at least one management macro comprising the plurality of operations, perform the plurality of operations, and

in response to determining that the function is not associated with the at least one management macro comprising the plurality of operations, prevent the function from being performed.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the function requires the use of an audited resource, wherein the audited resource comprises at least one of the following:

a call time allocation, a call rate, and a data allocation.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions that when executed performs a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

receiving a request to perform a function;

determining whether the function is associated with a management macro comprising a plurality of ordered operations, wherein at least one of the plurality of ordered operations comprises determining whether the requested function requires the use of an audited resource;

in response to determining that the requested function requires the use of an audited resource, determining whether the requested function is associated with an enterprise function,

in response to determining that the requested function is associated with the enterprise function, determining whether a first threshold associated with the audited resource is satisfied; and

in response to determining that the first threshold associated with the audited resource is satisfied, proceeding with performing the plurality of ordered operations.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions that:

in response to determining that the requested function is not associated with an enterprise function, determine whether a second threshold associated with the audited resource is satisfied; and

in response to determining that the second threshold associated with the audited resource is not satisfied, halt the performing of the plurality of ordered operations.