Patent ID: 8112785

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for administering policies for physical locations, at least a portion of the computer-implemented method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving verification that a source is authorized to provide mobile-computing-device policies specific to a first physical location; receiving a first mobile-computing-device policy specific to the first physical location; identifying the first physical location, wherein identifying the first physical location comprises at least one of receiving, from the source, a set of geographical coordinates of the first physical location, receiving, from the source, boundaries of the first physical location, and/or receiving, from the source, an address of the first physical location; associating the first mobile-computing-device policy with the first physical location such that the first mobile-computing-device policy is implemented while a mobile-computing device is located within the first physical location; determining that the mobile-computing device is located within the first physical location; implementing the first mobile-computing-device policy at the first physical location in response to the mobile-computing device being located within the first physical location.