Policy Setting for Content Sharing of a Plurality of Remotely Connected Computing Devices in Physical or Virtualized Space

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016294872-A1
Application number	US-201514674985-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information handling system includes a method for executing instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities, detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity of remotely connected computing devices to a system hosting the content sharing system, determining remotely connected computing device authorization for access with the content sharing system, and implementing, via a processor, role-based policy settings to partially limit content sharing system operation based on a role classification for remotely connected computing devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
executing instructions, via a processor, for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities; detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity of at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices to a system hosting the content sharing system; determining remotely connected computing device authorization for access with the content sharing system; implementing, via a processor, role-based policy settings to partially limit content sharing system operation based on a role classification for at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices; auto-initiating navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system; and displaying, via a display device, a content sharing system desktop comprising a plurality of device environment-representative windows representing file structures corresponding to a plurality of remotely connected computing devices, wherein at least two remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the content sharing system desktop includes a policy setting control interface for adjustment of role-based policy settings.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein role-based policy settings are enterprise control policy settings received from the at least one remotely connected computing device to the content sharing system.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein role-based policy settings for the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices are determined for individual files by the content sharing system by assessment of a plurality of file type, file confidentiality classification, metadata, timestamp, or content source.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the device environment-representative windows have limited navigation access to file structures of the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices based on the role-based policy settings.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining a role classification that is selected from a list including at least a personal device classification or a work device classification.

7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
prohibiting transfer of a subset of file types within the content sharing system based on implemented role-based policy settings applied to the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices; and
providing a visual indication of the subset of file types prohibited in the device environment-representative windows corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices.

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
prohibiting retrieval of a subset of data files for aggregation by the content sharing system based on the role-based policy setting for the at least one remotely connected computing device.

9 . An information handling system comprising:
a processor executing instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities; the processor detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity for at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices; the processor implementing a role-based policy settings to partially limit content sharing system operation based on a role classification for at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices; the processor auto-initiating navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system; and a display for displaying a content sharing system desktop comprising a plurality of device environment-representative windows representing file structures corresponding to a plurality of remotely connected computing devices, wherein at least two remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

10 . The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the device environment-representative windows are displayed with visual cues indicating a role classification of the corresponding remotely connected computing device.

11 . The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the role-based policy settings for a remotely connected computing device with a work device classification implements prohibition transfer of files to a remotely connected computing device with a home classification.

12 . The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the role-based policy setting prohibits retrieval of a subset of data files from the at least one remotely connected computing device for aggregation by the content sharing system.

13 . The information handling system of claim 12 wherein the subset of file types prohibited from retrieval for aggregation by the content sharing system is visually indicated in the device environment-representative windows corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices.

14 . The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the content sharing system desktop includes a policy setting control interface for adjustment of role-based policy settings and associating those role-based policy settings with an authorized remotely connected computing device for future connection to the content sharing system.

15 . An information handling system comprising:
a processor executing instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities; the processor detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity for at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices; the processor receiving role-based policy settings to partially limit content sharing system operation from at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices to establish role-classification; the processor auto-initiating navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system; and the processor auto-initiating content data file aggregation of available content from a plurality of remotely connected computing devices to a content sharing system storage device for access via a content sharing system desktop, wherein at least two remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

16 . The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the role-based policy settings are enterprise control policy settings set by an administrator for the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computing devices.

17 . The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the content sharing system desktop includes a policy setting control interface for adjustment of role-based policy settings.

18 . The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the role-based policy settings for the remotely connected computing device with a work device classification implements prohibition on file transfer of a subset of files to a remotely connected computing device with a home device classification via the content sharing system.

19 . The information handling system of claim 18 wherein the device environment-representative windows permit navigation via the content sharing system desktop of the subset of files prohibited from transfer.

20 . The information handling system of claim 18 wherein the subset of files prohibited from transfer are visually indicated in the device environment-representative window corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of remotely connected computin

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Walline Erin K
• Quinn Liam B
• O'Neal Sean P

Classifications

• H04L63/20 Primary

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• G06F3/0604

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F3/0643

  Management of files · CPC title

• G06F3/0622

  in relation to access · CPC title