System and method for mobile device control delegation
First Claim
1. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring by a first party, the method comprising:
- receiving by a network-connectable computing system from the first party a designation of a second party via a computer network;
receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the first party;
receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the second party, the control instructions from the second party identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second device of a third party;
determining by the first mobile device at least one of a first location of the first mobile device or a first time;
delegating by at least one processor of the computing system at least one device control of the first mobile device from the first party to the second party based on the at least one of the first time or the first location of the first mobile device;
determining a distance of a location of the second device corresponding to the third party from the first location of the first mobile device during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party, the determining of the distance performed by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system;
generating an alert by the computing system based on the distance of the location of the second device from the first location of the first mobile device;
applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the second party during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party to at least one of enable or disable a functional component of the first mobile device;
determining by the first mobile device at least one of a second location of the first mobile device or a second time;
transferring by the at least one processor of the computing system the at least one device control of the first mobile device from the second party to the first party based on the at least one of the second location of the first mobile device or the second time; and
applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the first party during a period of time when the at least one device control is transferred to the first party to at least one of enable or disable the functional component of the first mobile device.
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing controls corresponding to a particular mobile device. The method includes receiving from a first party corresponding to the particular mobile device a designation of a second party and receiving control instructions from the second party. A particular geographic area and/or a particular time frame is associated with the second party. A processor alternately delegates one or more device controls of the particular mobile device from the first party to the second party based on a current location of the particular mobile device relative to the particular geographic area and/or a current time relative to the particular time frame. The control instructions received from the second party are applied when the one or more device controls are delegated to the second party.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring by a first party, the method comprising:
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receiving by a network-connectable computing system from the first party a designation of a second party via a computer network; receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the first party; receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the second party, the control instructions from the second party identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second device of a third party; determining by the first mobile device at least one of a first location of the first mobile device or a first time; delegating by at least one processor of the computing system at least one device control of the first mobile device from the first party to the second party based on the at least one of the first time or the first location of the first mobile device; determining a distance of a location of the second device corresponding to the third party from the first location of the first mobile device during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party, the determining of the distance performed by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system; generating an alert by the computing system based on the distance of the location of the second device from the first location of the first mobile device; applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the second party during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party to at least one of enable or disable a functional component of the first mobile device; determining by the first mobile device at least one of a second location of the first mobile device or a second time; transferring by the at least one processor of the computing system the at least one device control of the first mobile device from the second party to the first party based on the at least one of the second location of the first mobile device or the second time; and applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the first party during a period of time when the at least one device control is transferred to the first party to at least one of enable or disable the functional component of the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving by a network-connectable computing system via a computer network a first instruction set via a first user account of a first party, the first instruction set directed to at least one of mobile device monitoring or mobile device control; receiving by the computing system via the computer network a second instruction set via a second user account of a second party, the second instruction set directed to at least one of mobile device monitoring or mobile device control, and the second instruction set identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second mobile device of a third party; tracking a moving position of the first mobile device by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system; tracking a moving position of the second mobile device of the third party by at least one of the second mobile device, the computing system, or the first mobile device; determining a first distance between the tracked moving position of the first mobile device and the tracked moving position of the second mobile device at a first time of day, the determining of the first distance performed by at least one of the computing system or the first mobile device; applying by at least one processor of the first mobile device the first instruction set based on the first distance between the tracked moving position of the first mobile device and the tracked moving position of the second mobile device at the first time of day to at least one of enable or disable a functional component of the first mobile device; determining a second distance between the tracked moving position of the first mobile device and the tracked moving position of the second mobile device at a second time of day, the determining of the second distance performed by at least one of the computing system or the first mobile device; and applying by the at least one processor of the first mobile device the second instruction set based on the second distance between the tracked moving position of the first mobile device and the tracked moving position of the second mobile device at the second time of day to at least one of enable or disable the functional component of the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring by a first party, the method comprising:
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receiving by a network-connectable computing system from the first party a designation of a second party; receiving by the computing system via a computer network control instructions from the first party; receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the second party, the control instructions from the second party identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second mobile device of a third party; determining by the first mobile device a first location of the first mobile device; determining by the second mobile device of the third party a first location of the second mobile device of the third party; delegating by the computing system at least one device control of the first mobile device from the first party to the second party based on a distance of the determined first location of the first mobile device from the first location of the second mobile device; applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the second party during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party to enable a functional component of the first mobile device; determining by the first mobile device a second location of the first mobile device; determining by the second mobile device a second location of the second mobile device of the third party; transferring by the computing system the at least one device control of the first mobile device from the second party to the first party based on a distance of the second location of the first mobile device from the second location of the second mobile device; and applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the first party during a period of time when the at least one device control is transferred to the first party to disable the functional component of the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring by a first party, the method comprising:
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receiving by a network-connectable computing system from the first party a designation of a second party; receiving by the computing system via a computer network control instructions from the first party; receiving by the computing system via the computer network control instructions from the second party, the control instructions from the second party identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second mobile device of a third party; tracking a moving position of the first mobile device of the particular user by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system; tracking a moving position of the second mobile device of the third party by at least one of the second mobile device, the computing system, or the first mobile device; delegating by the computing system at least one device control of the first mobile device from the first party to the second party at a first time based on the tracked moving position of the first mobile device coinciding with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device; applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the second party during a period of time when the at least one device control is delegated to the second party to at least one of enable or disable a functional component of the first mobile device; transferring by the computing system the at least one device control of the first mobile device from the second party to the first party at a second time based on the tracked moving position of the first mobile device not coinciding with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device; and applying by the first mobile device the control instructions from the first party during a period of time when the at least one device control is transferred to the first party to at least one of enable or disable the functional component of the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method of implementing controls corresponding to a first mobile device of a particular user which is subject to monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving by a network-connectable computing system via a computer network a first instruction set via a first user account of a first party, the first instruction set directed to at least one of mobile device monitoring or mobile device control; receiving by the computing system via a computer network a second instruction set via a second user account of a second party, the second instruction set directed to at least one of mobile device monitoring or mobile device control, and the second instruction set identifying a plurality of devices comprising a second mobile device of a third party; tracking a moving position of the first mobile device by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system; tracking a moving position of the second mobile device of the third parry by at least one of the second mobile device, the computing system, or the first mobile device; determining by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system that the tracked moving position of the first mobile device does not coincide with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device; applying by at least one processor of the first mobile device the first instruction set based on the tracked moving position of the first mobile device not coinciding with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device to enable a functional component of the first mobile device; determining by at least one of the first mobile device or the computing system that the tracked moving position of the first mobile device coincides with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device; and applying by the at least one processor of the first mobile device the second instruction set based on the tracked moving position of the first mobile device coinciding with the tracked moving position of the second mobile device to disable the functional component of the first mobile device.
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