Systems and methods for vehicle policy enforcement
First Claim
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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Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for vehicle policy management and enforcement. In certain embodiments, a method for enforcing a policy may include receiving policy information at a device including one or more conditions relating to a policy-managed location in a vehicle. A determination may be made whether the device is within the policy-managed location based on signals received by a short-range communication system included in the device and/or the vehicle. The received policy information may be evaluated to determine and implement one or more device actions associated with the one or more conditions.
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1. A method for securely managing the use of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for securely managing the use of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:
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receiving a first policy at a first electronic device from a first party, said first policy specifying at least temporarily disabling a feature of the first device in response to (1) determining that the first device is located in a policy-managed location and (2) authenticating a message associated with the policy managed location, said policy further including a secure policy validation code to authenticate the message associated with said policy managed location; determining the first device is located in a policy managed location at least in part based on communication signals received from an apparatus in proximity to the first device; receiving the message associated with the policy managed location from the apparatus; authenticating the message at least in part using the secure policy validation code; temporarily disabling the feature of the first device; and enabling said temporarily disabled feature after a time-out period has elapsed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for securely managing the use of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the method comprising:
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receiving a first policy at a first electronic device from a first party, said first policy specifying at least temporarily disabling a feature of the first device in response to determining that the first device is located in a policy-managed location and receiving a message associated with the 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 the first device is located in a policy managed location at least in part based on said signals; receiving the message associated with the policy managed location from the apparatus; temporarily disabling the feature of the first device; and enabling said temporarily disabled feature after a time-out period has elapsed and no additional signals are received from said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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