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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lei Gu, Bedford, MA (US);
Ilya Sokolov, Boston, MA (US);
Bruce McCorkendale, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for enforcing access-control policies in an arbitrary physical space may include (i) identifying a collection of devices that are located within a predetermined physical space, (ii) determining the physical location of each device in the collection of devices, (iii) establishing, based on the collection of devices, (a) a list of controlled devices that are subject to an access-control policy and (b) a list of monitoring devices that are capable of monitoring user activity within a physical proximity, (iv) matching each controlled device with at least one monitoring device that is capable of monitoring user activity within physical proximity to the controlled device, and (v) monitoring, for each controlled device and by each monitoring device matched to the controlled device, user activity within proximity to the controlled device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.