Patent ID: 9083752
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a first server computing device implementing a mobile device management device, the first server computing device behind a first firewall, for providing device management as a software as a service, comprising the steps of: communicating with a middle tier via a web services component to retrieve one or more policies from an entity, the entity managing a second server computing device that is behind a second firewall, wherein the first firewall and the second firewall are different firewalls, further wherein at least one of the received policies is indicated to pertain to a group of mobile computing devices; upon receiving a communication from a mobile computing device belonging to the group of mobile computing devices, transmitting to the mobile computing device the received policy pertaining to the group of mobile computing devices, wherein the received policy specifies a condition for future communications between the mobile computing device and the second server computing device, further wherein the first server computing device has a digital certificate relating to the mobile device management service and the second server computing device does not have a digital certificate relating to the mobile device management service; enforcing the received policy via a plugin component that communicates with the middle tier via the web services component, wherein the plugin component is installed in the second server computing device; receiving one or more policies from a second entity, the second entity managing a third server that is behind a third firewall, wherein the first firewall, the second firewall, and the third firewall are different firewalls, further wherein at least one of the received policies is indicated to pertain to a second group of mobile computing devices, and the third server does not have a digital certificate relating to the mobile device management device; and permitting or disallowing actions when the mobile device is within a specified geographical area.