User interface for controlling use of a business environment on a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method for providing a graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices, the method comprising:
- presenting a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item;
upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, presenting a template user interface in a display panel that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users in an enterprise to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines in order to provide a business environment, wherein each of the virtual phone image templates includes a mobile operating system, configuration information for the mobile operating system and a plurality of mobile applications installed in the mobile operating system; and
upon selection of the policy setting menu item, presenting at least one lease option for the virtual phone image, wherein the at least one lease option indicates a lease interval for at least a respective one of the virtual phone image templates.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices presents a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item. Upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, a template user interface is presented that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines on the mobile devices in order to provide a business environment. Upon selection of the policy setting menu item, a policy user interface is presented that enables the administrator to set security policies, wherein each of the security policies specifies a time interval within which a mobile device running a virtual machine corresponding to one of the virtual phone image templates should communicate with an enterprise server to comply with the security policy.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices, the method comprising:
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presenting a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item; upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, presenting a template user interface in a display panel that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users in an enterprise to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines in order to provide a business environment, wherein each of the virtual phone image templates includes a mobile operating system, configuration information for the mobile operating system and a plurality of mobile applications installed in the mobile operating system; and upon selection of the policy setting menu item, presenting at least one lease option for the virtual phone image, wherein the at least one lease option indicates a lease interval for at least a respective one of the virtual phone image templates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server configured to providing a graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices, the server comprising a processor configured to perform the steps of:
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presenting a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item; upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, presenting a template user interface in a display panel that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users in an enterprise to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines in order to provide a business environment, wherein each of the virtual phone image templates includes a mobile operating system, configuration information for the mobile operating system and a plurality of mobile applications installed in the mobile operating system; and upon selection of the policy setting menu item, presenting at least one lease option for the virtual phone image, wherein the at least one lease option indicates a lease interval for at least a respective one of the virtual phone image templates. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that cause a processor of a server to provide a graphical user interface to provision business environments on mobile devices by performing the steps of:
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presenting a navigation panel that displays a virtual phone template menu item and a policy setting menu item and a policy setting menu item; upon selection of the virtual phone template menu item, presenting a template user interface in a display panel that enables an administrator to customize virtual phone image templates for users in an enterprise to be delivered to mobile devices that are configured to run the virtual phone image templates as virtual machines in order to provide a business environment, wherein each of the virtual phone image templates includes a mobile operating system, configuration information for the mobile operating system and a plurality of mobile applications installed in the mobile operating system; and upon selection of the policy setting menu item, presenting at least one lease option for the virtual phone image, wherein the at least one lease option indicates a lease interval for at least a respective one of the virtual phone image templates. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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