Functionality watermarking and management

• US 9,552,463 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Marshall, John, Stuntebeck, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Chai, Longbit
• Application Number:
  US14/270,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20140331316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 713/176
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application

Abstract

A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable medium product are provided for functionality watermarking and management. In the context of a method, a method is provided that includes identifying a request to establish an association between a watermark template and a function of at least one user device and determining whether the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the at least one user device is authorized. The method further includes authorizing the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the at least one user device in response to a determination that the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the at least one user device is authorized.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code executable in at least one computing device that, when executed, causes the at least one computing device to:

identify a request to establish an association between a watermark template and a function capable of being performed on a client device, the request being performed by an administrator through a console application, wherein, if associated, the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function being performed on the client device;

determine whether the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device is authorized based at least in part on a role of the administrator complying with at least one compliance rule, the at least one compliance rule specifying that the administrator has authorization to manage the client device through a mobility management service; and

responsive to a determination that the request to establish the association between the watermark template with the function of the client device is authorized, cause an agent application executable on the client device to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device where the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function being subsequently performed on the client device, wherein applying the watermark template to the at least one resource comprises causing at least a portion of the watermark template to be overlaid onto at least one graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the client device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising program code that, when executed, causes the client device to authorize the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of client device by:

identifying at least one watermark template element;

compiling the watermark template from the at least one watermark template element as identified; and

establishing the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the at least one watermark template element further comprises at least one descriptive data element, at least one naming convention element, or at least one storage structure convention element.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, further comprising program code that, when executed, causes the client device to identify the at least one watermark template element from memory.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the program code that, when executed, causes the client device to identify the at least one watermark template element from the memory further comprises program code that, when executed, causes the client device to request an input of the at least one watermark template element.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the program code that, when executed, causes the client device to request the input of the at least one watermark template element further comprises program code that, when executed, causes the client device to request the input of the at least one watermark template element from a user of the client device or the administrator.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the role of the administrator comprises an information technology (IT) administrator role.

8. A system, comprising:

a user device comprising a local data store; and

program instructions executable in the user device that, when executed by at least one hardware processor of the user device, cause the user device to;

identify a request to establish an association between a watermark template and a function capable of performance on the user device, the request being performed by an administrator, wherein, if associated, the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function being performed on the client device;

determine whether the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the user device is authorized based at least in part on a role of the administrator complying with at least one compliance rule, the at least one compliance rule specifying that the administrator has authorization to manage the client device through a mobility management service; and

responsive to a determination that the request to establish the association between the watermark template with the function of the user device is authorized, cause an agent application executable on the client device to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the user device such that the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function subsequently being performed on the client device, wherein applying the watermark template to the at least one resource comprises causing at least a portion of the watermark template to be overlaid onto at least one graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the client device.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to authorize the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of user device by:

identifying at least one watermark template element;

compiling the watermark template from the at least one watermark template element as identified; and

establishing the association between the watermark template and the function of the user device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one watermark template element further comprises at least one descriptive data element, at least one naming convention element, or at least one storage structure convention element.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to identify the at least one watermark template element further comprise program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to request an input of the at least one watermark template element.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to request the input of the at least one watermark template element further comprise program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to request the input of the at least one watermark template element from a user of the user device or the administrator.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to identify the at least one watermark template element further comprise program instructions that, when executed, cause the user device to identify at least one watermark template element from the local data store or a remote data store.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the role of the administrator comprises an information technology (IT) administrator role.

15. A method, comprising:

identifying, by a computing device comprising at least one hardware processor, a request to establish an association between a watermark template and a function capable of being performed on a client device, the request being performed by an administrator through a console application, wherein, if associated, the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function being performed on the client device;

determining, by the computing device, whether the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device is authorized based at least in part on a role of the administrator complying with at least one compliance rule, the at least one compliance rule specifying that the administrator has authorization to manage the client device through a management service; and

responsive to a determination that the request to establish the association between the watermark template with the function of the client device is authorized, causing, by the computing device, an application executable on the client device to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device where the watermark template is applied to the at least one resource in response to the function being subsequently performed on the client device, wherein applying the watermark template to the at least one resource comprises causing at least a portion of the watermark template to be overlaid onto at least one graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the client device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising authorizing, by the computing device, the request to establish the association between the watermark template and the function of client device by:

identifying, by the computing device, at least one watermark template element;

compiling, by the computing device, the watermark template from the at least one watermark template element as identified; and

establishing, by the computing device, the association between the watermark template and the function of the client device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one watermark template element further comprises at least one descriptive data element, at least one naming convention element, or at least one storage structure convention element.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein identifying, by the computing device, the at least one watermark template element further comprises requesting, by the computing device, an input of the at least one watermark template element.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein requesting, by the computing device, the input of the at least one watermark template element further comprises requesting, by the computing device, the input of the at least one watermark template element from a user of the client device or an administrator of the client device.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the role of the administrator comprises an information technology (IT) administrator role.