Safecell 360TM Wireless Policy Enforcement Management (WPEM) Solution

• US 20140342725A1
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WPEM Limited Liability Company
• Original Assignee: W2W LLC
• Inventors: Taylor, W. Scott
• Granted Patent: US 9,148,762 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes a method and system for providing a user of a mobile device with a set of applicable legal, company policies or safety information based on the global positioning system (GPS) position of the mobile device and a set of predefined policies. The mobile device may be any of several devices including, but not limited to, a cell phone, tablet, or other electronic device. The provided set of applicable legal, company policies or safety information can comprise various information including, but not limited to, restrictions on the use of a cell phone, potential fines for cell phone use, potential dangers, personal protective equipment requirements, prohibitions, guidelines and the like.

Claims

1. A method of wireless policy enforcement management of a mobile device having one or more wireless communication capabilities from the group consisting of data services and voice services, the method comprising:

providing a software application for execution by the mobile device;

pre-defining a first set of specific capabilities the mobile device will be able to run during a non-transit setting;

pre-defining a second set of specific capabilities the mobile device will be able to run during an in-transit setting and storing such second set on a remote server as the mobile policy file;

pre-defining a start trip speed in the software application;

receiving and processing sensory data from the mobile device to determine when the mobile device meets or exceeds the pre-defined start trip speed;

sending a signal to the remote server upon the mobile device meeting or exceeding the pre-defined start trip speed;

the remote server pushing the mobile policy file to the mobile device and temporarily overriding the non-transit setting; and

monitoring the user'"'"'s interactions with the mobile device while in the in-transit setting.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining when the trip is over;

uploading the user trip data; and

removing the mobile policy file and resuming the non-transit setting on the mobile device upon termination of the trip.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a geographical location of the mobile device; and

wherein when it is determined that the mobile device initially meets or exceeds the pre-defined start trip speed, the software application accesses a database containing mobile device usage restrictions and guidelines for the geographic location of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the geographical location of the mobile device includes using a Global Positioning System associated with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the database includes laws regarding cellular use within the geographic location.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the database includes cellular restrictions relating to schools.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining if the geographical location of the mobile device is within a geographical area of restricted use of the mobile device; and

restricting use of the mobile device based on the determination of whether the location of the mobile device is within a geographical area of restricted use.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising not restricting use of the mobile device if the call is indicated to be an emergency call.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is one of a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, a pager, a portable computer, and a portable communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising enrolling the mobile device in the management system.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising allowing the management system to fully scan and document all hardware related information of the mobile device, all software installed on the mobile device, security settings, all third party software loaded to the mobile device, and all system settings of the mobile device.

12. A method for remotely applying pre-defined policies to a mobile device on the basis of the speed the mobile device is travelling, comprising:

enrolling the mobile device in the system;

providing a software application for execution by the mobile device, the mobile device characterized by having one or more wireless communication capabilities from the group consisting of data services and voice services and associated with a navigation component that provides navigation data;

pre-defining a first set of specific capabilities the mobile device will be able to run during a non-transit setting and storing such first set on a server as the user'"'"'s non-motion policy file;

pre-defining a second set of specific capabilities the mobile device will be able to run during an in-transit setting and storing such second set on the server as the user'"'"'s mobile policy file;

upon determining the mobile device is travelling at or above a pre-configured start trip speed,

pushing the user'"'"'s mobile policy file to the mobile device and temporarily overwriting user'"'"'s non-motion policy file; and

monitoring the user'"'"'s interactions with the mobile device while in the in-transit setting; and

gathering hardware and software sensory data including GPS, accelerometer, and hardware unique data elements while in the in-transit setting.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising upon determining a trip is over, the provided software application will upload the user trip data to a remote user'"'"'s account.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user trip data includes all violations, accelerometer and device sensor telemetry.