Distribute secure documents to end-users on their Blackberry.
Modules
How It Is Installed
End-User Experience
Security Framework
Licensing Options
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Modules:
- FileOpenProxy: A hosted service that relays permission requests to your PermissionServer, then rasterizes and delivers content to the FileOpen client for BlackBerry.
- FileOpen Client for BlackBerry: Works on any BlackBerry® model with a color screen and OS 4.0 or newer
How it is installed:
The FileOpen Client for Blackberry is installed from a link distributed by email. The actual installation takes place in seconds and no manual configuration is required. Once the application has been installed, the user must register the BlackBerry device with the FileOpen proxy server, by opening a specially-configured PDF file.
End-user experience:
Documents opened in the FileOpen Client for BlackBerry must be delivered by email. On a registered device, the user highlights a message in the list and selects the option "Open with FileOpen". The message is then forwarded to the FileOpenProxy, and the local FileOpen viewer loaded.
Before displaying the content, the FileOpenProxy makes a request to the PermissionServer referenced by that encrypted PDF, identifying the User attempting to open the Document by means of his/her device PIN and email address. The publisher's PermissionServer then grants or denies the request as it would any other request to open an encrypted file.
If the request is granted by the publisher's PermissionServer, the content is sent to the local FileOpen Client, which then displays the content on the BlackBerry. Users have the option to pan/zoom the page content (from 25% to as large as 150%). Pages, once retrieved, are stored locally so no further network communication is required in order to change zoom levels.
Security framework:
The presentation of documents in standard formats on hand-held devices is challenging, because the devices have both small screens and limited processing power. Accordingly, FileOpen has implemented a design that offloads as much processing to the server as possible, thereby optimizing the abundant resource (consistent communication bandwidth) over the scarce ones (processing and graphics power). This approach permits re-use of FileOpen's core decryption and communication code in server environments rather than forcing the recompile of those modules in languages and for chipsets that may not be optimized, or even capable, of handling the processing load.
Because communication devices necessarily have unique addresses, it is straightforward to positively identify any given device, and to restrict access to only authorized devices. As the devices improve in power and functionality, it may become possible to implement true local client software on handheld device, thus eliminating the requirement for the FileOpen Proxy.
Licensing Options:
FileOpenProxy is a Hosted solution and licensed at usage levels that include specified numbers of installations for the FileOpen client.