Approval means to provide cell phone parental control

• US 20080070609A1
• Filed: 11/09/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Ackley, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US11/983,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20080070609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for allowing remote control of the usage of a networked wireless device including incoming communications, outgoing communications, and application launching. Controlling entities, such as parent cellular telephones or web sites, are provided with the ability to select a list of approved anytime incoming communications, or approved incoming and outgoing communications based on time and day. Incoming communications include text messaging and telephone calls. Further, the controlling entity is provided with the ability to reroute to the controlling entity any usage of the wireless device such as incoming communications, outgoing communications, and application launching. Access to usage logs of the wireless device is provided to the controlling entity.

Claims

1-69. -69. (canceled)

70. A method of supervisory control of a wireless communication device by a supervisory control device, the method comprising:

receiving a first message by the supervisory control device from the wireless communication device, wherein the first message includes a request from the wireless communication device to the supervisory control device;

examining the request in the first message from the wireless communication device by the supervisory control device to determine a task requested by the supervisory control device;

determining the task to be adding a communication entity identifier to a list of authorized communication entity identifiers in the wireless communication device;

retrieving the communication entity identifier from the first message from the wireless communication device by the supervisory control device in response to the request in the first message from the wireless communication device; and

generating a second message by the supervisory control device, wherein the second message includes a response to the request; and

transmitting the second message including the response by the supervisory control device to the wireless communication device.

71. The method of claim 70, wherein the response is an acceptance to add the communication entity identifier to the list of authorized communication entity identifiers in the wireless communication device.

72. The method of claim 71, wherein the response further includes a restriction associated with the communication entity identifier.

73. The method of claim 72, wherein the restriction is a time restriction.

74. The method of claim 70, wherein the response is a rejection to add the communication entity identifier to the list of authorized communication entity identifiers in the wireless communication device.

75. The method of claim 70, wherein the first message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

76. The method of claim 70, wherein the second message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message.