Conjuring and Providing Profiles that Manage Execution of Mobile Applications

摘要

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring and providing policies that manage execution of mobile applications. In some embodiments, a user interface may be generated that allows an IT administrator or other operator to set, change and/or add to policy settings. The policy settings can be formatted into a policy file and be made available for download to a mobile device, such as via an application store or to be pushed to the mobile device as part of a data push service. The mobile device, based on the various settings included in the policy file, may perform various actions to enforce the security constraints that are represented by the policy. The various settings that can be included in a policy are numerous and some examples and variations thereof are described in connection with the example embodiments discussed herein.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
displaying, by one or more computing devices, a user interface that displays one or more policy settings for a managed application that is to be made available for download to a mobile device, wherein each of the one or more policy settings provides a constraint to be enforced by the mobile device prior to the managed application being provided access to at least one resource that is accessible through an access gateway; receiving input via the user interface that creates or modifies a user authorization or user identification setting of the one or more policy settings, wherein the user authorization or user identification setting specifies a condition for authorizing or identifying a user in connection with the managed application being provided access to said at least one resource; producing a policy file for the managed application that includes the user authorization or user identification setting; and providing the policy file such that the policy is available for download to the mobile device.