Visual privacy systems for enterprise mobility management

• US 9,980,165 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2016
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brouillette, Nicholas, Barday, Kabir
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US15/041,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20170230848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

Systems herein allow a user to use their personal user device to perform functions in an enterprise environment in exchange for enrolling at a management server. The management server can provide a privacy component that allows the user to view a privacy profile summarizing data collection activities of the management server. The management server can dynamically build the privacy profile based on device profile and privacy settings stored on the management server. The privacy profile can be dynamically updated based on changes to privacy settings, and can also provide links for a user to see actual data that has been collected at the management server.

Claims

1. A system for displaying information that a management server can collect from a mobile device, comprising:

a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that contains instructions;

a processor that executes the instructions to perform stages including;

receiving, at the management server, an enrollment request from the mobile device, the enrollment request identifying a user;

determining an ownership status indicating whether the mobile device is a personal device or a corporate device;

based on the user and ownership status, creating a plurality of privacy settings that control the information that the management server can collect from the mobile device;

as part of enrollment at the management server, transmitting, to the mobile device, a privacy component that visually summarizes the information that the management server can collect;

receiving acceptance from the mobile device acknowledging the information that the management server can collect;

after enrollment is complete, applying a privacy modification at the management server to the plurality of privacy settings; and

sending a notice to the privacy component that causes the mobile device to visually display an indication that the privacy modification occurred.

2. The system of claim 1, the stages further including:

sending an updated summary of the privacy settings to the user device, the updated summary incorporating the privacy modification.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the privacy modification pertains to a managed application installed on the mobile device, and wherein the indication is displayed next to an icon of the managed application.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein sending the updated summary of the privacy settings is in response to the user selecting the displayed indication.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the privacy component causes the mobile device to display a first summary of what the management server collects, a second summary of what the management server does not collect, and a third summary of functions that the management server can perform at the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, the stages further including:

receiving a user selection for more information within the summary of information that the management server can collect; and

sending, to the mobile device, a set of information collected from the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the privacy component provides an updated summary of the privacy settings when the user selects an icon, on the mobile device, associated with the privacy component.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions executed by at least one processor to perform stages for displaying information that a management server can collect from a mobile device, the stages comprising:

receiving, at the management server, an enrollment request from the mobile device, the enrollment request identifying a user;

determining an ownership status indicating whether the mobile device is a personal device or a corporate device;

based on the user and ownership status, creating a plurality of privacy settings that control the information that the management server can collect from the mobile device;

as part of enrollment at the management server, transmitting, to the mobile device, a privacy component that visually summarizes the information that the management server can collect;

receiving acceptance from the mobile device acknowledging the information that the management server can collect;

after enrollment is complete, applying a privacy modification at the management server to the plurality of privacy settings; and

sending a notice to the privacy component that causes the mobile device to visually display an indication that the privacy modification occurred.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, the stages further comprising:

sending an updated summary of the privacy settings to the user device that takes into account the privacy modification.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the privacy modification pertains to a managed application installed on the mobile device, and wherein the indication is displayed next to an icon of the managed application.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein sending the updated summary of the privacy settings is in response to the user selecting the displayed indication.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the privacy component causes the mobile device to display a first summary of what the management server collects, a second summary of what the management server does not collect, and a third summary of functions that the management server can perform at the mobile device.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, the stages further comprising:

receiving a user selection for more information within the summary of information that the management server can collect; and

sending, to the mobile device, a set of information collected from the mobile device.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the privacy component provides an updated summary of the privacy settings when the user selects an icon, on the mobile device, associated with the privacy component.

15. A method for displaying information that a management server can collect from a mobile device, comprising:

receiving an enrollment request from the mobile device, the enrollment request identifying a user;

determining an ownership status indicating whether the mobile device is a personal device or a corporate device;

based on the user and ownership status, creating a plurality of privacy settings at the management server that control the information that the management server can collect from the mobile device;

transmitting, to the mobile device, a privacy component that visually summarizes the information that the management server can collect;

receiving acceptance from the mobile device acknowledging the information that the management server can collect;

after enrollment is complete, applying a privacy modification to the plurality of privacy settings; and

sending a notice to the privacy component that causes the mobile device to visually display an indication that the privacy modification occurred.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending an updated summary of the privacy settings to the user device, the updated summary incorporating the privacy modification.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the privacy modification pertains to a managed application installed on the mobile device, and wherein the indication is displayed next to an icon of the managed application.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein sending the updated summary of the privacy settings is in response to the user selecting the displayed indication.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the privacy component causes the mobile device to display a first summary of what the management server collects, a second summary of what the management server does not collect, and a third summary of functions that the management server can perform at the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a user selection for more information within the summary of information that the management server can collect; and

sending, to the mobile device, a set of information collected from the mobile device.