INTELLIGENT PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR WIRELESS DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of implementing parental controls on a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving, in a parental control server, parent-user parental control parameters that identify mobile device functions to be controlled in the mobile device;
pushing the parent-user parental control parameters from the parental control server to the mobile device through a communication network;
receiving, in the mobile device, the parent-user parental control parameters; and
implementing a parental control profile on the mobile device based on the received parent-user parental control parameters to limit accesses to one or more mobile device functions.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and devices for controlling mobile device functions via a combination of parental control settings set by a parent-user and parental control settings set by a third party-user. A parental control server receives parental control settings and context criteria from a parent-user, and parental control settings from a third party user. The parental control server receives authorization from the parent-user to allow third party parental controls to control a child'"'"'s device. When the context criteria identified by the parent is present (e.g., child device is in identified location, time of day, day of week, etc.), a combination of parental controls designated by the parent-user and the third party control the mobile device.
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132 Claims
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1. A method of implementing parental controls on a mobile device, comprising:
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receiving, in a parental control server, parent-user parental control parameters that identify mobile device functions to be controlled in the mobile device; pushing the parent-user parental control parameters from the parental control server to the mobile device through a communication network; receiving, in the mobile device, the parent-user parental control parameters; and implementing a parental control profile on the mobile device based on the received parent-user parental control parameters to limit accesses to one or more mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for implementing parental controls on a mobile device, comprising:
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a parental control settings server; a communications network; and a mobile device interconnected to the parental control settings server through the communications network, wherein the parental control settings server is configured to perform operations comprising; receiving input parent-user parental control parameters that identify mobile device functions to be controlled in the mobile device; and pushing parent-user parental control parameters to the mobile device via the communication network, and wherein the mobile device comprises; a display; an internal memory; and a processor coupled to the display and the internal memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; receiving the parent-user parental control parameters from the parental control server; and implementing a parental control profile on the mobile device based on the received parent-user control parameters to limit access to one or more mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A system for implementing parental controls on a mobile device, comprising:
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means for receiving parent-user parental control parameters that identify mobile device functions to be controlled in the mobile device; means for pushing the parent-user parental control parameters to the mobile device; and a mobile device comprising; means for receiving the parent-user parental control parameters from the parental control settings server; and means for implementing a parental control profile on the mobile device based on the received parent-user control parameters to limit access to one or more mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A mobile device, comprising:
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a display; an internal memory; and a processor coupled to the display and the internal memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising; receiving parental control parameters from a parental control server; storing the received parental control parameters in the internal memory; implementing the parental control parameters in the mobile device; receiving third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions from the parental control server, the context-based conditions identifying at least one condition for implementing the received third-party access control parameters; storing the received third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions in the internal memory; determining whether a context-based condition is satisfied; modifying the parental control profile in the mobile device by overriding one or more of the parent-user parental control parameters with the third party parental parameters if the context-based condition is satisfied; and implementing the modified parental control profile on the mobile device to modify access to one or more limited mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 118)
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105. A mobile device, comprising:
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means for receiving parental control parameters from a parental control server; means for storing the received parental control parameters in the internal memory; means for implementing the parental control parameters in the mobile device; means for receiving third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions from the parental control server, the context-based conditions identifying at least one condition for implementing the received third-party access control parameters; means for storing the received third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions in the internal memory; means for determining whether a context-based condition is satisfied; means for modifying the parental control profile in the mobile device by overriding one or more of the parent-user parental control parameters with the third party parental parameters if the context-based condition is satisfied; and means for implementing the modified parental control profile on the mobile device to modify access to one or more limited mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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119. A non-transitory processor readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a mobile device processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving parental control parameters from a parental control server; storing the received parental control parameters in the internal memory; implementing the parental control parameters in the mobile device; receiving third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions from the parental control server, the context-based conditions identifying at least one condition for implementing the received third-party access control parameters; storing the received third-party access control parameters and context-based conditions in the internal memory; determining whether a context-based condition is satisfied; modifying the parental control profile in the mobile device by overriding one or more of the parent-user parental control parameters with the third party parental parameters if the context-based condition is satisfied; and implementing the modified parental control profile on the mobile device to modify access to one or more limited mobile device functions. - View Dependent Claims (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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