System and method of owner application control of electronic devices
First Claim
1. A method of application control for use on an electronic device owned by an owner, the method comprising:
- storing on the electronic device owner control information used to control operation of the electronic device, wherein the owner control information includes an authorization record and an application identifier for each application allowed to be executed on the electronic device, and wherein insertion of additional owner control information onto the electronic device is restricted;
receiving an operation request from an application;
determining whether the requested operation is allowed to be performed by the application based upon a particular authorization record and a particular application identifier associated with the application; and
allowing the application to perform the requested operation based upon whether the requested operation is determined to be allowed to be performed by the application,wherein the particular authorization record and the particular application identifier are provided by an external source through a wireless communication channel,wherein the owner control information is used to periodically determine whether excluded applications are installed on the electronic device, and wherein the electronic device becomes substantially disabled upon determining an excluded application is installed on the electronic device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of owner application control of an electronic device are provided. Owner application control information is stored on the electronic device and/or one or more remote servers. Owner application control information is consulted to determine if one or more required applications are available for execution on the electronic device. If not, one or more required applications not available are downloaded and installed. This could be in a manner transparent to the user of the electronic device. If one or more required applications are not available on the electronic device, the device can be functionally disabled in whole, or in part, until one or more required applications are available.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of application control for use on an electronic device owned by an owner, the method comprising:
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storing on the electronic device owner control information used to control operation of the electronic device, wherein the owner control information includes an authorization record and an application identifier for each application allowed to be executed on the electronic device, and wherein insertion of additional owner control information onto the electronic device is restricted; receiving an operation request from an application; determining whether the requested operation is allowed to be performed by the application based upon a particular authorization record and a particular application identifier associated with the application; and allowing the application to perform the requested operation based upon whether the requested operation is determined to be allowed to be performed by the application, wherein the particular authorization record and the particular application identifier are provided by an external source through a wireless communication channel, wherein the owner control information is used to periodically determine whether excluded applications are installed on the electronic device, and wherein the electronic device becomes substantially disabled upon determining an excluded application is installed on the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system of application control for use on an electronic device owned by an owner, the system comprising:
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an authorization record store for enabling storage of operation authorization data records and application identifiers that are associated with the operation authorization data records; a memory for enabling storage of owner control information used to control operation of the electronic device, wherein the owner control information further includes an authorization record and an application identifier for each application allowed to be executed on the electronic device, and wherein insertion of additional owner control information onto the electronic device is restricted; a processor for enabling processing of the operation authorization data in the authorization record store in order to determine whether an operation requested by an application operating on the electronic device is allowed to be performed by the application; wherein the application identifiers are used to determine which of the operation authorization data records is to be used by the software instructions in determining whether to permit the requested operation, wherein the processor is configured to periodically determine whether required applications are installed on the electronic device based on the owner control information, and wherein the electronic device becomes substantially disabled if the processor determines a required application is not installed on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the operation data authorization records and the application identifiers are provided by an external source through a wireless communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that upon execution by an electronic device perform a method, comprising:
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storing on the electronic device owner control information used to control operation of the electronic device, wherein the owner control information includes an authorization record and an application identifier for each application allowed to be executed on the electronic device, and wherein insertion of additional owner control information onto the electronic device is restricted; receiving an operation request from an application; determining whether the requested operation is allowed to be performed by the application based upon a particular authorization record and a particular application identifier associated with the application; and allowing the application to perform the requested operation based upon whether the requested operation is determined to be allowed to be performed by the application, wherein the owner control information is used to periodically determine whether required applications are installed on the electronic device, and wherein the electronic device becomes substantially disabled upon determining a required application is not installed on the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless mobile communications device, and wherein the particular authorization record and the particular application identifier are provided by an external source through a wireless communication channel.
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