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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lei Gu, Bedford, MA (US);
Ilya Sokolov, Boston, MA (US);
NORTONLIFELOCK, INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing location-based access control lists may include (i) identifying a collection of devices that are located within a physical space, (ii) determining, based on user activity data received from the collection of devices, that an authorized user is attempting to modify, on a location-based access control list for a wireless network, the access rights of a target computing device near a location indicated by the authorized user in the physical space, (iii) detecting, based on the user activity data, the target computing device near the location indicated by the authorized user, and (iv) in response to detecting the target computing device indicated by the authorized user, modifying, on the location-based access control list, the access rights of the target computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.