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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
GE Hua Huang, Bejing, CN;
Ge Hua Huang, Bejing, CN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method may include maintaining a set of password-protection policies configured to prevent unauthorized access to a mobile device at different physical locations. The computer-implemented method may also include identifying a current physical location of the mobile device and searching a database that stores the set of password-protection policies for a particular password-protection policy that corresponds to the current physical location of the mobile device. The computer-implemented method may further include identifying, based on the search of the database, the particular password-protection policy that corresponds to the current physical location of the mobile device and then implementing the particular password-protection policy on the mobile device in response to the identification of the particular password-protection policy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.