Remote Mobile Device Management

• US 20130143528A1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Text Safe Teens, LLC
• Original Assignee: Text Safe Teens, LLC
• Inventors: Randazzo, Phillip, Shimkus, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/667,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20130143528A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• 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

Abstract

Remote mobile device management is provided. A master user account is established based on a request from a master user and a request to associate a remote mobile device with the master user account is received. The remote mobile device is associated with the master user account and management information is received from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device including restriction activation information. The management information includes restriction activation information and a time of restriction, and generally provides for the restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the time of restriction. The system further provides for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the time of restriction. The system also provides for receiving an indication of use when the remote mobile device activates an application during the time of restriction and sends a use notification to the master user account based on receipt of the indication of use.

Claims

1. A system for remote mobile device management, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory containing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

establish a master user account based on a request from a master user;

receive a request to associate a remote mobile device with the master user account;

associate the remote mobile device with the master user account;

receive management information from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information and a time of restriction;

provide for the restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the time of restriction; and

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provide for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the time of restriction.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the management information further comprises at least one authorized caller and wherein voice communication capabilities with any authorized caller are maintained during the restriction of the at least one device capability of the remote mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the time of restriction comprises a start time and an end time.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one device capability includes responding to at least one type of inbound communication, wherein the system is further caused to:

provide for the sending of an automated response from the remote mobile device to each inbound communication if the at least one device capability is restricted.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one type of inbound communication includes one or more of telephone calls, short message services, text messages, image messages, and electronic mail.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the automated response includes an advertisement.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one device capability is based on capability restriction information included in the management information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing for the restriction of at least one device capability causes at least one application of the remote mobile device to be disabled.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the restriction activation information provides for the overriding of one or more restrictions of the remote mobile device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the management information can only be altered via the master user account.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further caused to:

receive an indication of device tampering when at least one of removal of a power supply of the remote mobile device, disabling of an application on the remote mobile device associated with the user account, or disabling of a global positioning system capability of the remote mobile device; and

send a device tampering notification to the master user account.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the management information includes a plurality of time based restrictions.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the management information includes the restriction threshold.

14. A system for remote mobile device management, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory containing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

receive management information from a master user account that is associated with a remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes notification activation information and a time of restriction, wherein the notification information includes instructions for sending a notification based on application activity of the remote mobile device;

receive an indication of use when the remote mobile device activates an application corresponding to the notification information during the time of restriction; and

send a use notification to the master user account based on receipt of the indication of use.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information and wherein the system is further caused to:

provide for a restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the time of restriction; and

provide for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the time of restriction.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the time of restriction comprises a start time and an end time on one or more dates.

17. A system for remote mobile device management, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory containing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

establish a master user account based on a request from a master user;

receive a request to associate a remote mobile device with the master user account;

associate the remote mobile device with the master user account;

receive management information from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information, a time of restriction and notification information, wherein the notification information includes instructions for sending a notification based on application activity of the remote mobile device;

receive an indication of use from the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and activation of an application of the remote mobile device corresponding to the notification information during the time of restriction;

send a notification to the master user account based on receipt of the indication of use.

18. A computer-implemented method for remote mobile device management, the method comprising:

receiving management information from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information and a time of restriction;

receiving an indication of a start time of the time of restriction;

providing for the restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the indication of the start time;

receiving an indication of an end time of the time of restriction; and

providing for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the indication of the end time.

19. A machine-readable storage medium storing machine-executable instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for remote device management, the method comprising:

establishing a master user account based on a request from a master user;

receiving a request to associate a remote mobile device with the master user account;

associating the remote mobile device with the master user account;

receiving management information from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information and a time of restriction;

receiving an indication of a start time of the time of restriction;

providing for the restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the indication of the start time;

receiving an indication of an end time of the time of restriction; and

providing for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the second indication of the end time.

20. A system for remote mobile device management, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory containing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

receive management information from the master user account that is associated with the remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information;

determine a start time of a time of restriction;

provide for the restriction of at least one device capability of the remote mobile device based on the restriction activation information and the determination of the start time;

determine an end time of the time of restriction; and

provide for restoration of the at least one device capability based on the determination of the end time.

21. A system for remote mobile device management, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory containing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

receive management information from a master user account that is associated with a remote mobile device, wherein the management information includes restriction activation information, a time of restriction, a geographic boundary of restriction, and notification information including instructions for sending notifications based on application activity of the remote mobile device;

receive an indication of use based on the restriction activation information and activation of an application of the remote mobile device corresponding to the notification information when the remote mobile device is within the geographic boundary during the time of restriction;

send a use notification to the master user account based on receipt of the indication of use.