Security-based message management
View Patent ↗Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) functionality may allow a user of a client device to utilize the device in a business environment where the functionality of the device is altered to conform to the business environment via a business profile. A personal profile may be used when the user is outside of the business environment. The profile of the device may be changed according various factors.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, information including a plurality of factors;
analyzing, by the computing system, the plurality of factors to determine a type of profile to utilize with the computing system; and
utilizing the determined type of profile, by the computing system, responsive to analysis;
wherein a validate message associated with a message is sent, by the computing system, to a server;
wherein the message is validated, by the server, to determine that the message is secure; and
wherein the message is sent to a recipient, by the server, when the message is validated
wherein a messaging application is converted, by the computing system, back to a non-secure messaging application when a predetermined timer expires after a last message between the sender and the recipient;
wherein the type of profile comprises a business profile or a personal profile;
wherein the business profile is a secure profile and the personal profile is a non-secure profile;
wherein the messaging application in the secure profile is configured to be used with business users and the messaging application in the non-secure profile is configured to be used with non-business users.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of factors comprise a time of day, a sender device's characteristics, a recipient device's characteristics, a geographic location of the sender device, the recipient device, or both, a current configuration of the sender device, the recipient device, or both, a sender of a message, a recipient of the message, content(s) of the message, a history of a sender, a history of the recipient, a history of the message, or any combination thereof.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing of the plurality of factors further comprises determining which of these two profiles to utilize with the computing system.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
placing, by the computing system, applications allowed and verified for use in the business profile in a business applications area; and
placing, by the computing system, other applications that are not allowed and verified for use in the business profile in a personal applications area.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein applications in the business profile area are obtained from a trusted source that is verified by a business organization.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
placing, by the computing system, applications that are personal in nature, that have been verified for use in the business profile, in a combined business/personal applications area.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
not sending the message to the recipient, by the computing system, when the message is not validated.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
notifying the sender, by the server, when the message is not validated.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises email, an instant message (IM), or a text message.
10. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program configured to cause at least one processor to:
receive information including a plurality of factors indicative of whether a client device includes a business profile or a personal profile;
analyze the plurality of factors to determine whether the client device includes the business profile or the personal profile; and
put the client device into the determined type of profile responsive to the analysis;
wherein a messaging application of the client device is converted back to a non-secure messaging application when a predetermined timer expires after a last message between the sender and the recipient;
wherein the type of profile comprises a business profile or a personal profile;
wherein the business profile is a secure profile and the personal profile is a non-secure profile;
wherein the messaging application in the secure profile is configured to be used with business users and the messaging application in the non-secure profile is configured to be used with non-business users.
11. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of factors comprise a time of day, a sender device's characteristics, a recipient device's characteristics, a geographic location of the sender device, the recipient device, or both, a current configuration of the sender device, the recipient device, or both, a sender of a message, a recipient of the message, content(s) of the message, a history of a sender, a history of the recipient, a history of the message, or any combination thereof.
12. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to:
place applications allowed and verified for use in the business profile in a business applications area of the client device; and
place other applications that are not allowed and verified for use in the business profile in a personal applications area of the client device.
13. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to:
place applications that are personal in nature, but have also been allowed and verified for use in the business profile, in a combined business/personal applications area of the client device.
14. A system, comprising:
a sender client device with hardware processor;
a recipient client device with hardware processor; and
a server configured to communicate with the sender client device and the recipient client device, wherein
the sender client device is configured to:
send a validate message associated with a message to the server, and the server is configured to:
validate the message to determine that the message is secure, and
send the message to the recipient client device when the message is validated;
wherein the sender client device is further configured to convert a messaging application back to a non-secure messaging application when a predetermined timer expires after a last message between the sender client device and the recipient client device;
wherein the type of profile comprises a business profile or a personal profile;
wherein the business profile is a secure profile and the personal profile is a non-secure profile;
wherein the messaging application in the secure profile is configured to be used with business users and the messaging application in the non-secure profile is configured to be used with non-business users.