Policy-based dynamic information flow control on mobile devices

US9253209B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9253209-B2
Application numberUS-201213456843-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 26, 2012
Priority dateApr 26, 2012
Publication dateFeb 2, 2016
Grant dateFeb 2, 2016

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A system is provided for securing data on a mobile device that supports both enterprise and personal applications. According to the technique, information flows and data accesses are tracked on the device at run-time to enable access control decisions to be performed based on a policy, such as an enterprise privacy policy that has been distributed to the device from an enterprise server. The policy may be updated by events at the device as well as at the enterprise server.

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Having described our invention, what we now claim is as follows: 1. Apparatus associated with a mobile device that is configured to execute both enterprise applications and personal applications, comprising: a processor; computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the processor to enforce an enterprise policy configured to prevent enterprise data from being leaked to a personal application running in the mobile device, the computer program instructions comp…

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What does patent US9253209B2 cover?
A system is provided for securing data on a mobile device that supports both enterprise and personal applications. According to the technique, information flows and data accesses are tracked on the device at run-time to enable access control decisions to be performed based on a policy, such as an enterprise privacy policy that has been distributed to the device from an enterprise server. The po…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Muppidi Sridhar R, Kodeswaran Palanivel Andiappan, Mukherjea Sougata, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/20. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 02 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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