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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sarin Sumit Manmohan, Pune, IN;

Milind Torney, Pune, IN;

Dirk Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mario Espinoza, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for configuring computing systems may include (1) detecting an event associated with a client device that potentially impacts a group to which the client device is assigned and, in response to detecting the event, (2) discovering at least one attribute of the client device that has the potential to impact the client device's group assignment, (3) identifying at least one rule that defines conditions for assigning client devices to groups, (4) determining, by applying the rule to the discovered attribute of the client device, that the client device's group assignment should be modified, and (5) modifying, in response to determining that the client device's group assignment should be modified, the client device's group assignment based on the discovered attribute of the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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