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Systems and methods for vehicle policy enforcement

  • US 9,813,897 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2016
  • Issued: 11/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for securely managing the use of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:

  • receiving a first policy at a first electronic device from a first party, said first policy specifying one or more actions to be performed by the first device in response to detecting that it is located in a policy-managed location, said policy further including a secure policy validation code to authenticate a message associated with said policy managed location;

    wirelessly receiving short range communication signals from an apparatus in proximity to the first device, said signals being operable to determine the location of the first device relative to a policy managed location within or near the apparatus;

    determining if the first device is located in a policy managed location at least in part based on said signals;

    receiving a message from the apparatus;

    authenticating said message at least in part using the secure policy validation code; and

    initiating said one or more actions if it is determined that the first device is in a policy managed location and the message authentication is successful.

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