Information security – Access control or authentication
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Moazzami, Nasser (Department: 2436)
Information security
Access control or authentication
C726S027000, C726S034000, C713S155000, C725S117000, C380S232000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07971232
ABSTRACT:
A system is disclosed for centralized management of access permissions to specific devices on client terminals using a group policy framework. The system identifies a unique device identifier for a specific device, and allows policy to be set for the specific device based on identifying the specific device by its unique device identifier.
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Merchant & Gould P.C.
Microsoft Corporation
Moazzami Nasser
Reza Mohammad W
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