Electronic Meeting Management For Mobile Wireless Devices With Post Meeting Processing

Abstract

A device management system includes a meeting support system that is configured to generate and transmit a plurality of electronic meeting invitations to a plurality of mobile wireless devices that correspond to a plurality of meeting participants and receive responses indicating whether the plurality of participants will attend the electronic meeting. The device management system receives identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants. The meeting support system determines whether the plurality of participants is authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information. If any of the participants are not authorized to access any of the electronic documents or information, the meeting support system notifies the meeting organizer. The device management system may also include a meeting session management system that is configured to share information among the plurality of mobile wireless devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . An apparatus comprising:
 a personnel information manager configured to:
 maintain information for a plurality of users, 
 receive a request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building, wherein the request for the user to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes data that uniquely identifies the user, 
 in response to receiving the request for the user to remove the particular mobile wireless device from a building:
 determine, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, and 
 generate an authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and current status data that indicates the current status of the user; and 
 
   a policy manager configured to:
 receive, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, 
 in response to receiving, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user:
 identify, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, 
 determine, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, and 
 generate a response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building. 
 
   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a device manager configured to, in response to the response indicating that the user is not authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, generate and transmit to the mobile wireless device a request to delete electronic data from the mobile wireless device.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein:
 the personnel information manager determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, includes determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, and   the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether, and   the policy manager determining, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager determining, based upon the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the data that uniquely identifies the user includes one or more of biometric data, a user identification, or membership information. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes an instruction to render electronic data inaccessible. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building is received from an exit system that is external to the apparatus and the request includes a request to verify whether the user is a registered owner of the mobile wireless device. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein:
 the apparatus further comprises a device manager that receives the request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building from an exit system that is external to the apparatus; and   the personnel information manager receives the request for the user to remove the particular mobile device from a building from the device manager.   
     
     
         9 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, cause:
 a personnel information manager to:
 maintain information for a plurality of users, 
 receive a request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building, wherein the request for the user to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes data that uniquely identifies the user, 
 in response to receiving the request for the user to remove the particular mobile wireless device from a building:
 determine, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, and 
 generate an authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and current status data that indicates the current status of the user; and 
 
   a policy manager to:
 receive, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, 
 in response to receiving, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user:
 identify, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, 
 determine, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, and 
 generate a response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building. 
 
   
     
     
         10 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media further store additional instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:
 a device manager to, in response to the response indicating that the user is not authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, generate and transmit to the mobile wireless device a request to delete electronic data from the mobile wireless device.   
     
     
         11 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 the personnel information manager determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, includes determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, and   the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether, and   the policy manager determining, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager determining, based upon the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building.   
     
     
         12 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the data that uniquely identifies the user includes one or more of biometric data, a user identification, or membership information. 
     
     
         13 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes an instruction to render electronic data inaccessible. 
     
     
         14 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building is received from an exit system that is external to the apparatus and the request includes a request to verify whether the user is a registered owner of the mobile wireless device. 
     
     
         15 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media further store additional instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause a device manager to receive the request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building from an exit system that is external to the apparatus; and   the personnel information manager receives the request for the user to remove the particular mobile device from a building from the device manager.   
     
     
         16 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 a personnel information manager:
 maintaining information for a plurality of users, 
 receiving a request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building, wherein the request for the user to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes data that uniquely identifies the user, 
 in response to receiving the request for the user to remove the particular mobile wireless device from a building:
 determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, and 
 generating an authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and current status data that indicates the current status of the user; and 
 
   a policy manager:
 receiving, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, 
 in response to receiving, from the personnel manager, the authorization request that includes both the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user:
 identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, 
 determining, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, and 
 generating a response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building. 
 
   
     
     
         17 . The computer-implemented method as recited in  claim 16 , further comprising:
 a device manager to, in response to the response indicating that the user is not authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, generating and transmitting to the mobile wireless device a request to delete electronic data from the mobile wireless device.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-implemented method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein:
 the personnel information manager determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, includes determining, based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user, a current status of the user, one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, and   the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the current status data that indicates the current status of the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager identifying, from a plurality of policies based upon the data that uniquely identifies the user and the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user, one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether, and   the policy manager determining, based upon the current status data that indicates the current status of the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, includes the policy manager determining, based upon the one or more authorization levels that apply to the user and the one or more particular policies to be used to determine whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building, whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-implemented method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the data that uniquely identifies the user includes one or more of biometric data, a user identification, or membership information. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-implemented method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the response indicating whether the user is authorized to remove the particular mobile device from the building includes an instruction to render electronic data inaccessible. 
     
     
         21 . The computer-implemented method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the request for a user to remove a particular mobile device from a building is received from an exit system that is external to the apparatus and the request includes a request to verify whether the user is a registered owner of the mobile wireless device.