Parental and corporate controls for camera-phones
First Claim
1. A method for providing parental control for a camera-phone, comprising enabling a camera-phone owner to set control policies for the camera-phone at a server that specify what actions are authorized;
- downloading the control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone to the camera-phone; and
operating the camera-phone such that a user of the camera-phone is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies.
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Abstract
A system and method of the present invention provide parental and corporate control for a camera-phone. An administration authority web site is provided that enables an owner of a camera-phone to log into a server and establish a set of control policies that specify what actions on the phone are authorized for what user. The control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone are downloaded to the camera-phone, and the camera-phone is then operated such that a user of the camera-phone is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies. In a further embodiment, a control policy is provided that requires the camera-phone to upload captured images to the server for review by the camera-phone owner. In addition, the images may be quarantined until the camera-phone owner authorizes their release to the user.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for providing parental control for a camera-phone, comprising
enabling a camera-phone owner to set control policies for the camera-phone at a server that specify what actions are authorized; -
downloading the control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone to the camera-phone; and
operating the camera-phone such that a user of the camera-phone is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for providing parental control for a camera-phone, the program instructions for:
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enabling a camera-phone owner to set control policies for the camera-phone at a server that specify what actions are authorized;
downloading the control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone to the camera-phone; and
operating the camera-phone such that a user of the camera-phone is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for providing parental control for a camera-phone, comprising
means for enabling a camera-phone owner to set control policies for the camera-phone at a server that specify what actions are authorized; -
means for downloading the control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone to the camera-phone; and
means for operating the camera-phone such that a user of the camera-phone is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for providing parental control for a camera-phone, comprising
enabling a camera-phone owner to set control policies for the camera-phone at a server that specify what actions are authorized; -
downloading the control policies that affect behavior of the camera-phone to the camera-phone;
only allowing a user of the camera-phone to perform actions authorized by the control policies;
in response to a user capturing an image with the camera-phone, uploading a log of the actions and the image to the server for review by the camera-phone owner; and
only releasing the images to the user if the camera-phone owner authorizes the release.
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