SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RESTRICTING PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM FEATURES
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1. A system for selectively restricting portable telephone features, the system comprising:
- a feature controller associated with a telephone wireless communication network and operable to accept predetermined feature restrictions for selected of plural portable telephones and to communicate the feature restrictions to the selected portable telephones, each feature restriction restricting performance of one or more portable telephone functions based upon predetermined conditions at each of the selected portable telephones; and
a function application stored in memory of the plural portable telephones, the function application operable to receive the feature restrictions at the selected portable telephones and to apply the feature restrictions to disable the one or more portable telephone functions if the predetermined conditions are met.
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Abstract
Wireless telephones retrieve feature restrictions from a wires telephone network, the feature restrictions having associated predetermined conditions. A wireless telephone applies the feature restrictions if the predetermined conditions are met to disable functions at the wireless telephone as defined by the feature restrictions. For example, a wireless telephone disables camera operations if the position of the wireless phone is in an academic testing location during an academic testing period.
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1. A system for selectively restricting portable telephone features, the system comprising:
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a feature controller associated with a telephone wireless communication network and operable to accept predetermined feature restrictions for selected of plural portable telephones and to communicate the feature restrictions to the selected portable telephones, each feature restriction restricting performance of one or more portable telephone functions based upon predetermined conditions at each of the selected portable telephones; and a function application stored in memory of the plural portable telephones, the function application operable to receive the feature restrictions at the selected portable telephones and to apply the feature restrictions to disable the one or more portable telephone functions if the predetermined conditions are met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling operation of one or more portable information handling systems, the method comprising:
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storing feature restrictions for the one or more portable information handling systems at a network location, each feature restriction restricting performance of one or more portable information handling system functions based upon predetermined conditions at each of the one or more portable information handling systems; sending the feature restrictions from the network location to the one or more portable information handling systems; detecting the predetermined conditions at a portable information handling system; and restricting the functions at the portable information handling system in response to the detecting. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless telephone comprising:
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a processor operable to process information; memory interfaced with the processor; a communications device interfaced with the processor and operable to support communication with a wireless telephone network; plural functions that execute on the processor of the wireless telephone; a function application stored in the memory, the function application operable to receive feature restrictions from the wireless telephone network through the communications device and to apply the feature restrictions to disable one or more of the functions if predetermined conditions associated with the feature restrictions are met. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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