Patent ID: 9071518
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing device management services comprising steps of: gathering, at a server, from a network, status information related to an operating state of each of a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device utilizing one of a plurality of different mobile operating systems, wherein the status information for each mobile device is gathered from a plurality of sources including each mobile device in a substantially real time manner; formatting the status information for each of the mobile devices, such that rules can be substantially uniformly applied to the status information across the plurality of different mobile operating systems; storing the status information in an electronic database accessible to the server; evaluating, at the server, a first compliance state of each of the mobile devices from the status information using a plurality of administrator-defined rules, wherein each of the rules applies to mobile devices regardless of mobile operating system; and initiating, at the server, at least one action defined by the administrator-defined rules in response to the step of evaluating, wherein the step of evaluating is performed by the server automatically, in response to changes in the status information in the electronic database.