Adaptive device enrollment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11595395-B2
Application number	US-202117194457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Nov 21, 2017
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

Examples described herein include systems and methods for dynamically determining enrollment requirements and enrolling a user device into a management system. The systems and methods can differ based on the type and version of operating system executing on the user device. With some operating systems, enrollment can be completed through a single application that performs other functionality, such providing single-sign-on access to enterprise resources. With other operating systems, enrollment can be completed by pausing the first application and requiring installation of an agent application to complete enrollment. The determination of how and when to enroll a user device can be done automatically and can be based on an organizational group to which the user belongs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for dynamically determining enrollment requirements and enrolling a user device into a management system, comprising:
receiving user credentials at an application installed on the user device, the application not being an agent application dedicated to performing device enrollment;
based on the user credentials, receiving a determination as to whether the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system or requires a dedicated agent application be downloaded to the user device to enroll with the management system without using the application for enrollment;
if the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system, requesting an assessment by a management server that the user device is allowed to enroll at the management server;
receiving the assessment that the user device is allowed to enroll directly with the management server without the use of the dedicated agent application; and
enrolling, by the application, the user device with the management server, including sending policies from the management server to the application for enforcement at the user device by the application.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a determination as to whether an operating system of the user device requires an enterprise feature to be enabled in order to perform direct enrollment, and if so, confirming that the enterprise feature has been enabled for the user device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assessment is based, at least in part, on restrictions stored at the management server.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, at the application, an identification of an organizational group to which a user belongs.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein receiving an identification of an organizational group to which the user belongs comprises requesting a lookup of the organizational group, based on an email address associated with the user, and receiving a result of the lookup.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the assessment as to whether the user device is allowed to directly enroll with the management system is based, at least in part, on the organizational group to which the user belongs.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein if the user device is not allowed to directly enroll with the management system based on the identified organizational group, performing stages comprising:
requesting a list of child organizational groups available for the identified organizational group;
receiving, from the user, an indication of at least one of the child organizational groups to which the user belongs;
receiving a determination as to whether the at least one indicated child organizational group enables the user device to directly enroll with the management system; and
if the at least one indicated child organizational group enables the user device to directly enroll with the management system, requesting the assessment by the management server that the user device is allowed to enroll at the management server.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user device, perform stages for dynamically determining enrollment requirements and enrolling the user device into a management system, the stages comprising:
receiving user credentials at an application installed on the user device, the application not being an agent application dedicated to performing device enrollment;
based on the user credentials, receiving a determination as to whether the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system or requires a dedicated agent application be downloaded to the user device to enroll with the management system without using the application for enrollment;
if the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system, requesting an assessment by a management server that the user device is allowed to enroll at the management server;
receiving the assessment that the user device is allowed to enroll directly with the management server without the use of the dedicated agent application; and
enrolling, by the application, the user device with the management server, including sending policies from the management server to the application for enforcement at the user device by the application.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising receiving a determination as to whether an operating system of the user device requires an enterprise feature to be enabled in order to perform direct enrollment, and if so, confirming that the enterprise feature has been enabled for the user device.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the assessment is based, at least in part, on restrictions stored at the management server.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising: receiving, at the application, an identification of an organizational group to which a user belongs.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein receiving an identification of an organizational group to which the user belongs comprises requesting a lookup of the organizational group, based on an email address associated with the user, and receiving a result of the lookup.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the assessment as to whether the user device is allowed to directly enroll with the management system is based, at least in part, on the organizational group to which the user belongs.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein if the user device is not allowed to directly enroll with the management system based on the identified organizational group, performing stages comprising:
requesting a list of child organizational groups available for the identified organizational group;
receiving, from the user, an indication of at least one of the child organizational groups to which the user belongs;
receiving a determination as to whether the at least one indicated child organizational group enables the user device to directly enroll with the management system; and
if the at least one indicated child organizational group enables the user device to directly enroll with the management system, requesting the assessment by the management server that the user device is allowed to enroll at the management server.

15. A system for dynamically determining enrollment requirements and enrolling a user device into a management system, comprising:
a user device having a processor, a display, and a memory storage;
wherein the memory storage contains a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, carry out stages comprising:
receiving user credentials at an application installed on the user device, the application not being an agent application dedicated to performing device enrollment;
based on the user credentials, receiving a determination as to whether the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system or requires a dedicated agent application be downloaded to the user device to enroll with the management system without using the application for enrollment;
if the user device is eligible to directly enroll with the management system, requesting an assessment by a management server that the user device is allowed to enroll at the management server;
receiving the assessment that the user device is allowed to enroll directly with the management server without the use of the dedicated agent application; and
enrolling,

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Brouillette Nicholas
• Patel Harit
• Naik Ujwal
• Jain Vinay
• Ravuri Sridevi
• Jain Adarsh
• Shetty Nischit

Classifications

• H04L63/101 Primary

  Access control lists [ACL] · CPC title

• G06Q50/18 Primary

  Legal services · CPC title

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title

• H04L63/0807

  using tickets, e.g. Kerberos (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213) · CPC title

• H04L63/0815

  providing single-sign-on or federations · CPC title