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Configuring browser policy settings on client computing devices

US8347349B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

21Claims

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Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

Glenn Wilson · Endicott, US
Sumit Gwalani · Hyderabad, IN
William Alexander Drewry · Nashville, US
Mattias Stefan Nissler · Munich, DE
Daniel Kenneth Clifford · Baldham, DE
Christopher Masone · Burlingame, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2012
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/101
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for configuring browser policy settings on client computing devices are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving login credentials from a client computing device. The client computing device includes a browser. The method also includes transmitting browser policy data associated with the login credentials to the client computing device. The browser policy data identifies browser policy settings to be installed on the browser. The browser policy settings identified by the browser policy data include four or more of: compliance settings, behavioral settings, browser/software applications, permission to access one or more websites, restrictions on accessing one or more websites, read permission in a remote document storage unit accessible via the browser, or write permission in a remote document storage unit accessible via the browser.

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