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Enforcing compliance with a policy on a client

  • US 9,985,994 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2015
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method in a gateway node device for enforcement of client computer policy compliance on a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, on the communication network, a data transmission from a client computer comprising status information, the status information associated with a configuration and operational status of the client computer and including hashed representations of the client computer configuration and operational status data of a license for at least one program installed on the client computer;

    determining if a temporary policy for the client computer is active, the temporary policy generated for the data transmission;

    responsive to a determination that the temporary policy for the client computer is active, permitting the data transmission to continue;

    responsive to a determination that the temporary policy for the client computer is not active, determining whether the status information meets a criteria, the criteria determined through a matching of the hashed representations of the client computer configuration and operational status data of a license for at least one program installed on the client computer with desired hash values; and

    responsive to a determination that the status information does not meet the criteria;

    preventing the data transmission from continuing; and

    sending, on the communication network, a message to the client computer indicating an invalid license for the at least one program installed on the client computer and providing information to network resources for remediation of the invalid license.

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