US 12,149,520 B2
Device enrollment in a unified endpoint management system over a closed network
Gaurav Verma, Bangalore (IN); and Karthikeyan Palanisamy, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Omnissa, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,639.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112606 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 9/4451 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enrolling a user device in a unified endpoint management (UEM) system over a closed network, the method comprising:
scanning a code to acquire enrollment configuration data including a first uniform resource locator (URL) of a management application installation file, a second URL of a UEM server, information indicating that one or more hardcoded open network endpoints of an operating system (OS) of the user device are to be disabled, and access credentials for connecting to the closed network;
downloading the management application installation file from a location specified by the first URL in the acquired enrollment configuration data, and then installing the management application on the user device using the downloaded management application installation file; and
performing the following steps using the installed management application:
disabling access for the one or more hardcoded open network endpoints on the OS of the user device in response to the information in the acquired enrollment configuration data indicating that the one or more hardcoded open network endpoints are to be disabled;
connecting to the closed network using the access credentials in the acquired enrollment configuration data; and
sending an enrollment request over the closed network to the UEM server, which is at a location specified by the second URL in the acquired enrollment configuration data.