Standardized control of wireless devices
First Claim
1. A method for managing wireless communication devices, comprising:
- sending an invitation to each of a plurality of wireless communication devices to grant remote configuration authority to a server; and
responsive to detecting a lack of an affirmative response to the invitation from a first subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices, wirelessly and remotely powering down each of the first subset of wireless communication devices.
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Abstract
A disclosed service for managing mobile and wireless communication devices (MWCDs) includes enabling a server to generate a standard remote configuration command (RCC) and enabling a transmitter coupled to the server to transmit the RCC wirelessly. The RCC configures a feature on a first MWCD of a first supplier and a second MWCD of a second supplier. The RCC may disable one or more of a set of selected MWCD peripheral devices. For example, the RCC may disable an MWCD camera, an MWCD microphone, and/or an MWCD speaker. In some embodiments, the RCC transitions the MWCD to a restricted state in which the MWCD is unable to record multimedia content including audio and video content. In these embodiments, the RCC may configure one or more of the features on each of a set of MWCDs within a defined geographic region.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing wireless communication devices, comprising:
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sending an invitation to each of a plurality of wireless communication devices to grant remote configuration authority to a server; and responsive to detecting a lack of an affirmative response to the invitation from a first subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices, wirelessly and remotely powering down each of the first subset of wireless communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A management server, comprising
a processor; a computer memory, accessible to the processor, including processor-executable program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; sending an invitation to each of a plurality of wireless communication devices to grant remote configuration authority to a server; and responsive to detecting a lack of an affirmative response from a first subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices, wirelessly and remotely powering down each of the first subset of wireless communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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16. A computer readable memory, including processor executable program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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requesting each of a plurality of wireless communication devices to grant remote configuration authority to a server; and broadcasting a remote power down command to power down a first subset of the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the first subset of wireless communication devices includes;
wireless communication devices that did not grant remote configuration authority to the server. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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