POSITION AND VELOCITY-BASED MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT

• US 20090138949A1
• Filed: 11/27/2007
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Neill, David J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,069,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A set of one or more positional control parameters includes at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit. A control list identifies at least one feature in a mobile device. The at least one feature may be associated with at least one of the positional control parameters.

Claims

1. A system comprising a server that includes a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a set of one or more positional control parameters, the positional control parameters including at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a control list that identifies at least one feature in a mobile device; and

associating the at least one feature with at least one of the positional control parameters, thereby generating at least one association between one of the features and one of the positional control parameters.

2. The system of claim 1, the instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving a request from a mobile device for the at least one association; and

transmitting the at least one association to the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, the at least one feature including at least one of a game, a voice communication, a text communication, and a web browser.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a mobile device including a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

downloading from the server a set of one or more associations between at least one feature in the mobile device and at least one positional control parameter selected from one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a request to access a specified feature in the mobile device;

determining at least one positional attribute of the mobile device; and

determining, based at least in part on evaluating the specified feature and the positional attribute according to the set of one or more associations, whether the request is granted.

5. A system comprising a mobile device including a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

downloading a set of one or more associations between at least one feature in the mobile device and at least one positional control parameter selected from one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a request to access a specified feature in the mobile device;

determining at least one positional attribute of the mobile device; and

determining, based at least in part on evaluating the specified feature and the positional attribute according to the set of one or more associations, whether the request is granted.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the request to access a feature is a request to communicate with a second mobile device, and the set of one or more associations includes one or more identifiers for other mobile devices.

7. The system of claim 6, the instructions further comprising instructions for denying the request if an identifier for the second mobile device is not included in the second set of identifiers.

8. The system of claim 6, the instructions further comprising instructions for denying the request if an identifier for the second mobile device is not associated with the at least one positional attribute in the set of one or more associations.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the positional attribute is a velocity, the instructions further comprising instructions for denying the request of the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold included in the set of one or more associations.

10. The system of claim 5, further comprising a server that includes a computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving a set of one or more positional control parameters, the positional control parameters including at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a control list that identifies at least one feature in the mobile device;

associating the at least one feature with at least one of the positional control parameters, thereby generating at least one association between one of the features and one of the positional control parameters;

receiving a request from the mobile device for the at least one association; and

transmitting the at least one association to the mobile device.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, in a server, a set of one or more positional control parameters, the positional control parameters including at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a control list that identifies at least one feature in a mobile device; and

associating the at least one feature with at least one of the positional control parameters, thereby generating at least one association between one of the features and one of the positional control parameters.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile device for the at least one association; and

transmitting the at least one association to the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 11, the at least one feature including at least one of a game, a voice communication, a text communication, and a web browser.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

downloading to the mobile device, from the server, a set of one or more associations between at least one feature in the mobile device and at least one positional control parameter selected from one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a request to access a specified feature in the mobile device;

determining at least one positional attribute of the mobile device; and

determining, based at least in part on evaluating the specified feature and the positional attribute according to the set of one or more associations, whether the request is granted.

15. A method, comprising:

downloading to a mobile device a set of one or more associations between at least one feature in the mobile device and at least one positional control parameter selected from one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving a request to access a specified feature in the mobile device;

determining at least one positional attribute of the mobile device; and

determining, based at least in part on evaluating the specified feature and the positional attribute according to the set of one or more associations, whether the request is granted.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the request to access a feature is a request to communicate with a second mobile device, and the set of one or more associations includes one or more identifiers for other mobile devices.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising denying the request if an identifier for the second mobile device is not included in the second set of identifiers.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising denying the request if an identifier for the second mobile device is not associated with the at least one positional attribute in the set of one or more associations.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the positional attribute is a velocity, the method further comprising denying the request of the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold included in the set of one or more associations.

20. The method of claim 15, farther comprising:

receiving, in a server, a set of one or more positional control parameters, the positional control parameters including at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit;

receiving, in the server, a control list that identifies at least one feature in the mobile device;

associating, in the server, the at least one feature with at least one of the positional control parameters, thereby generating at least one association between one of the features and one of the positional control parameters;

receiving, in the server, a request from the mobile device for the at least one association; and

transmitting the at least one association to the mobile device from the server.