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Service plan design, user interfaces, application programming interfaces, and device management

  • US 10,462,627 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2018
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a network system, the method comprising:

  • maintaining, in a service management system comprising a network-based service controller, information for a secure device group comprising a primary mobile device and a secondary mobile device;

    supplying first credentials over a first secure communication link between the service controller and a primary service processor executing on the primary mobile device, the first credentials establishing the primary mobile device as presently operating as a master device of the device group;

    communicating from the primary mobile device to the service controller, over the first secure communication link, instructions for one or more application permission controls to be enforced on the secondary mobile device;

    supplying second credentials over a second secure communication link between the service controller and a secondary service processor executing on the secondary mobile device, the second credentials establishing the secondary mobile device as presently operating as a non-master device of the device group;

    communicating from the service controller to the secondary mobile device, over the second secure communication link, instructions for the one or more application permission controls; and

    applying the application permission controls on the secondary mobile device to use and/or attempted use of one or more particular applications on the secondary mobile device.

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