Master limits and filters for electronic devices
First Claim
1. A system for managing one or more devices, comprising:
- one or more device accounts for each of the one or more devices, the one or more device accounts being configured to have units of measure added to and decremented from the one or more devices based on one or more activities associated with the one or more devices; and
a master account associated with the one or more devices and each of the one or more device accounts, the master account being configured to have the units of measure added to and decremented from the master account based on the one or more activities, the master account including;
a policy decider configured to store a list of policies that control the one or more activities, to decide to accept or deny a request sent to or from the one or more devices to perform the one or more activities, and to provide a decision to accept or deny the request based on the list of policies; and
a policy enforcer configured to enforce the decision by the policy decider as to whether the request has been accepted or denied by taking one or more actions consistent with the decision.
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Abstract
A master account system for managing one or more electronic devices through the establishment and enforcement of policies associated with the devices. Enforcement policies may be determined by characteristics of space, time and/or other criteria relating to a user(s) and/or administrator(s), or in relation to one another, or some other general circumstance. The master account may be established on a pre-paid or postpaid basis with limits applied in real-time or near-real-time. The policies may apply across any number of devices associated with the master account. The addition and decrement of units of measure associated with the master account and device account(s) may be limited to the master account, to the master account and one or more device accounts at the same time, or allocated in numerous other ways. Content and other activity filtering may also be established and managed at the master account and/or device account level.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for managing one or more devices, comprising:
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one or more device accounts for each of the one or more devices, the one or more device accounts being configured to have units of measure added to and decremented from the one or more devices based on one or more activities associated with the one or more devices; and a master account associated with the one or more devices and each of the one or more device accounts, the master account being configured to have the units of measure added to and decremented from the master account based on the one or more activities, the master account including; a policy decider configured to store a list of policies that control the one or more activities, to decide to accept or deny a request sent to or from the one or more devices to perform the one or more activities, and to provide a decision to accept or deny the request based on the list of policies; and a policy enforcer configured to enforce the decision by the policy decider as to whether the request has been accepted or denied by taking one or more actions consistent with the decision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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