MODIFYING MOBILE DEVICE SETTINGS FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION

• US 20160302148A1
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lookout Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lookout Incorporated
• Inventors: BUCK, Brian James, MAHAFFEY, Kevin Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 9,769,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0212 managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0277 according to available power supply, e.g. switching off when a low battery condition is detected
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 based on regulatory allocation policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Security is enhanced for a user of a mobile communications device by monitoring and controlling resource usage. First information associated with each of a plurality of mobile communications devices is collected, including configurations and settings for applications, components, resources and external resources for each mobile communications device. The collected information is used to identify an application, component, resource or external resource that is currently active on two of the mobile communications devices. Second information is transmitted to the first of the two mobile communications devices to reduce or terminate usage of the identified application, component, resource or external resource on the first mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a server, obtaining first information from each mobile communications device in a plurality of mobile communications devices, the first information including the mobile communications device'"'"'s configurations and settings for applications, components, resources and external resources;

at the server, identifying from the obtained first information one of an application, component, resource or external resource that is currently active on two mobile communications devices in the plurality of mobile communications devices; and

,

at the server, transmitting second information to the first of the two mobile communications devices which when processed by the first mobile communications device will modify the first mobile communications device to reduce usage of the identified currently active application, component, resource or external resource.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the mobile communications devices in the plurality of mobile communications devices is operated by a single user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second information transmitted to the first mobile communications device terminates the operation of the identified currently active application, component, resource or external resource.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first information further includes configurations and settings for sensors associated with the mobile communications device.