Location-Based Policy Management for Wireless Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communications devices often face conflicts between personal, corporate, and legal policies due to their location, which existing technologies fail to manage effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that correlate policies with respective locations, using an adaptive authentication server to determine the device's location and apply the corresponding policies, prioritizing legal requirements over corporate policies when applicable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple policies (personal, corporate, legal) are applied to a communications device, then comprehensive policy coverage is improved, but policy conflicts and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies location-specific policies to the communications device based on its geographic position. Different policies (personal, corporate, legal) are associated with different locations, and the system automatically applies the appropriate policy set depending on where the device is located. This resolves policy conflicts by ensuring that only the relevant local policy is active at any given time, rather than trying to manage all policies simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If location-based policy application is implemented, then policy applicability and compliance are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a universal policy management system that handles multiple types of policies (personal, corporate, legal) through a single location-based framework. The system correlates any policy with a location and applies it automatically, making the system versatile enough to handle different policy types without requiring separate management mechanisms for each policy category.
3Manufacturing precision
If policies are correlated with locations and automatically applied, then policy enforcement accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-correlates policies with their respective locations before runtime. The system establishes the policy-location mappings in advance, so when the device's location is determined, the applicable policy can be quickly retrieved and applied without extensive real-time processing. This preliminary preparation reduces the computational burden and time required during actual policy enforcement.
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AI summary
A method, system and computer program product for use in managing policies is disclosed. Policies associated with a communications device are correlated with respective locations. The location of the communications device is determined. The policy correlated with the determined location is applied to the communications device.