Patent ID: 7669237
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a computer system on a network, the computer system including a computing node located on the network side of a network connection on the network and one or more mobile devices located on a user's side of the network connection on the network, comprising: running a discovery program on the network side of the network connection, the discovery program comprising: detecting, using the discovery program, one or more mobile devices connected to the detected computing node; detecting, using the discovery program, one or more mobile devices that were previously, but are not currently, connected to the detected computing node; determining information regarding at least one of the detected mobile devices based on at least one of a registry resource, a file resource, a process resource, a network management parameter, a data format, a packet format, a synchronization log entry, a directory structure, a database entry, the presence of an executable program and attributes associated with a mobile device or resource; and using the determined mobile device information to manage security of the computer system from the network side of the network connection.