Patent Document ID: 20150040179
Application ID: 13955420
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for managing attempts made by computing devices to access centralized enterprise level data according to at least one device classification level rule, the method comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of classes of computing devices, by a computer; assigning definitions of each specific one of a plurality of computing devices to a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, based on attributes concerning the specific computing device, by the computer; receiving a request from an unclassified computing device to access centralized enterprise level data, by the computer, wherein the received request contains information concerning the unclassified computing device; reading information concerning the unclassified computing device from the received request, by the computer; classifying the unclassified computing device into a specific one of the plurality of defined classes, by the computer, based at least partially on information concerning the computing device read from the received request; and responsive to the classification of the computing device into the specific defined class, governing the received request to access centralized enterprise level data, by the computer, according to at least one device classification level rule, wherein the at least one device classification level rule specifies an access policy for computing devices of the specific defined class.