Tracking management system for devices

• US 9,894,197 B1
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bender, Michael, Childress, Rhonda L., Hahn, Timothy J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sivji, Nizar
• Application Number:
  US15/293,906
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device

Abstract

A method and computer system for managing data consumption for a device. A processor unit detects a trigger event for the device. The processor unit sends a message to stop consuming data from the device by a group of data consumers when the trigger event occurs.

Claims

1. A method for managing data consumption, the method comprising:

detecting, by a mobile device, a trigger event for the mobile device;

responsive to the mobile device detecting the trigger event, sending, by the mobile device, a broadcast message via a network to a group of data consumers to stop the group of data consumers from consuming data generated by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while consumption of the data generated by the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers; and

adding, by the mobile device, the group of data consumers that are not to consume the data generated by the mobile device to an access table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting, by the mobile device, the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting, by the mobile device, a user input to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user input is selected from at least one of a button push or a voice command to halt location tracking of the mobile device by the group of data consumers as the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while the location tracking of the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting, by the mobile device, the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting, by the mobile device, a presence of the mobile device in a non-consumption location where the data generated by the mobile device is not to be consumed by the group of data consumers via the network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the non-consumption location is at least one of an area defined by a geofence, a store, a stadium, an airport, a building, or a shopping center.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is a portion of all data generated by the mobile device, and wherein the portion of all data generated by the mobile device not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is data generated by a particular application on the mobile device while other data generated by other applications on the mobile device is allowed to be consumed by the group of data consumers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device uses a policy to identify the group of data consumers and to identify a group of locations where the group of data consumers are restricted from consuming the data generated by the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a processor unit is located in the mobile device.

9. A mobile device for managing data consumption, the mobile device comprising:

a processor unit; and

a data manager running on the processor unit, wherein the data manager detects a trigger event for the mobile device sends a broadcast message via a network to a group of data consumers to stop the group of data consumers from consuming data generated by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while consumption of the data generated by the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers in response to detecting the trigger event, and adds the group of data consumers that are not to consume the data generated by the mobile device to an access table.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein detecting the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting a user input to the mobile device.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the user input is selected from at least one of a button push or a voice command to halt location tracking of the mobile device by the group of data consumers as the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while the location tracking of the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein detecting the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting a presence of the mobile device in a non-consumption location where the data generated by the mobile device is not to be consumed by the group of data consumers via the network.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the non-consumption location is at least one of an area defined by a geofence, a store, a stadium, an airport, a building, or a shopping center.

14. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the data not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is a portion of all data generated by the mobile device, and wherein the portion of all data generated by the mobile device not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is data generated by a particular application on the mobile device while other data generated by other applications on the mobile device is allowed to be consumed by the group of data consumers.

15. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the data manager uses a policy to identify the group of data consumers and to identify a group of locations where the group of data consumers are restricted from consuming the data generated by the mobile device.

16. A computer program product for managing data consumption, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a mobile device to cause the mobile device to perform a method comprising:

detecting, by the mobile device, a trigger event for the mobile device;

responsive to the mobile device detecting the trigger event, sending, by the mobile device, a broadcast message via a network to a group of data consumers to stop the group of data consumers from consuming data generated by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while consumption of the data generated by the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers; and

adding, by the mobile device, the group of data consumers that are not to consume the data generated by the mobile device to an access table.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the detecting, by the mobile device, the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting, by the mobile device, a user input to the mobile device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the user input is selected from at least one of a button push or a voice command to halt location tracking of the mobile device by the group of data consumers as the mobile device continues access to the network via wireless signals while the location tracking of the mobile device is prevented for the group of data consumers.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the detecting, by the mobile device, the trigger event for the mobile device comprises:

detecting, by the mobile device, a presence of the mobile device in a non-consumption location where the data generated by the mobile device is not to be consumed by the group of data consumers via the network.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the data not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is a portion of all data generated by the mobile device not to be consumed by the group of data consumers, and wherein the portion of all data generated by the mobile device not to be consumed by the group of data consumers is data generated by a particular application on the mobile device while other data generated by other applications on the mobile device is allowed to be consumed by the group of data consumers.