Management of actions initiated by applications in client devices

• US 9,866,589 B1
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stuntebeck, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehedi, Morshed
• Application Number:
  US14/573,494
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A client device identifies an action being performed using a first application in the client device. The client device identifies that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action. In response, the client device identifies a second application that is authorized to perform the action. The client device also facilitates the second application being used to perform the action.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, using a client device, an action being performed using a first application in the client device, the first application comprising a first email client and the action comprising text entry into the first application;

determining, using the client device, whether the first application is authorized to be used to perform the action by determining whether text within the text entry appears within a list of words or phrases that are indicative of enterprise content; and

in response to determining that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action, intercepting the action to cause an email to be sent using the first application that includes the text, initiating, using the client device, a remedial action, the remedial action comprising at least;

identifying, using the client device, a second application that is authorized to be used to send the email, wherein the second application comprises a second email client; and

in response to identifying the second application, copying the text into a text entry field within the second application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the action being performed using the first application comprises:

identifying that the email is associated with an enterprise based upon the text being indicative of enterprise content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying that the email is associated with the enterprise comprises identifying that a body or a subject of the email comprises the text indicative of the enterprise content.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying that the email is associated with the enterprise comprises identifying that the text entry is associated with a recipient field and that an intended recipient of the email is associated with the enterprise, wherein the intended recipient among the list of words or phrases.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the email is associated with the enterprise further comprises determining that an attachment of the email contains text from the list of words or phrases.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering a message that prompts a user to activate the second application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a new email message within the second application into which the text is copied.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program instructions executable in a client device, the program instructions being configured to cause the client device to at least:

identify an action being performed using a first application in the client device, the first application comprising a first email client and the action comprising text entry into the first application;

determine whether the first application is authorized to be used to perform the action by determining whether text within the text entry appears within a list of words or phrases that are indicative of enterprise content; and

in response to determining that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action, intercepting the action to cause an email to be sent using the first application that includes the text, initiating, using the client device, a remedial action, the remedial action comprising at least;

identifying a second application that is authorized to be used to send the email, wherein the second application comprises a second email client; and

in response to identifying the second application, copying the text into a text entry field within the second application.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least identify that the email is associated with an enterprise based upon the text being indicative of enterprise content.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the email is identified to be associated with the enterprise by identifying that a body or a subject of the email comprises the text indicative of the enterprise content.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein identifying that the email is associated with the enterprise comprises identifying that the text entry is associated with a recipient field and that an intended recipient of the email is associated with the enterprise, wherein the intended recipient among the list of words or phrases.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein determining that the email is associated with the enterprise further comprises determining that an attachment of the email contains text from the list of words or phrases.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least render a message that prompts a user to activate the second application.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least generate a new email message within the second application into which the text is copied.

15. A system, comprising:

a client device; and

at least one application embodying program instructions executable in the client device, the program instructions being configured to cause the client device to at least;

identify an action being performed using a first application in the client device, the first application comprising a first email client and the action comprising text entry into the first application;

determine whether the first application is authorized to be used to perform the action by determining whether text within the text entry appears within a list of words or phrases that are indicative of enterprise content; and

in response to determining that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action, intercepting the action to cause an email to be sent using the first application that includes the text, initiating, using the client device, a remedial action, the remedial action comprising at least;

identifying a second application that is authorized to be used to send the email, wherein the second application comprises a second email client; and

in response to identifying the second application, copying the text into a text entry field within the second application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least identify that the email is associated with an enterprise based upon the text being indicative of enterprise content.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the email is identified to be associated with the enterprise by identifying that a body or a subject of the email comprises the text indicative of the enterprise content.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the email is identified to be associated with the enterprise comprises identifying that the text entry is associated with a recipient field and that an intended recipient of the email is associated with the enterprise, wherein the intended recipient among the list of words or phrases.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein determining that the email is associated with the enterprise further comprises determining that an attachment of the email contains text from the list of words or phrases.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least render a message that prompts a user to activate the second application.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the client device to at least generate a new email message within the second application into which the text is copied.