Patent ID: 8626128

Claim:
At a device, a method for updating device configuration settings to access data maintained at a computer system, the method comprising: sending, from the device, a first data request to the computer system, the first data request requesting that the device be permitted to access the data maintained at the computer system, the first data request indicating current device configuration settings of the device; receiving at the device a notification indicating that the current device configuration settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data; in response to receiving the notification, sending, from the device, a policy request to the computer system, the policy request requesting policy settings that are appropriate for accessing the maintained data; receiving, at the device, new device configuration settings; in response to receiving the device configuration settings, implementing, at the device, the new device configuration settings; sending, from the device, a second data request to the computer system; and receiving at least a portion of the maintained data.