Patent ID: 8347349
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for installing browser policy settings on a client computing device, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, login credentials from a client computing device, wherein the client computing device comprises a browser; transmitting, in conjunction with a public key of the server, browser policy data associated with the login credentials to the client computing device, wherein the browser policy data identifies browser policy settings to be installed on the browser, wherein the browser policy settings identified by the browser policy data comprise four or more of: compliance settings, behavioral settings, browser or software applications, permission to access one or more websites, restrictions on accessing one or more websites, read permission in a remote document storage unit accessible via the browser, or write permission in a remote document storage unit accessible via the browser, and wherein the browser policy data is transmitted for storage, on the client computing device, together with the public key of the server and a signature of the client computing device.