Deactivation system and method for a transferable device

• US 8,892,084 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Moskowitz, Michael L., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONADO, FRANK E
• Application Number:
  US13/608,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42144 by service provider
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Methods and systems for deactivation of one or more applications operating on a transferable device are provided.

Claims

1. A mobile device tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the mobile device to perform a method, the method comprising:

instantiating a user profile that at least causes applications to operate on the mobile device;

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least velocity using at least a derivative; and

reactivating the one or more applications on the mobile device automatically contingent on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first probability or the second probability is calculated using a derivative related to the difference in position over the difference in time.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein instantiating a user profile that at least causes applications to operate on the mobile device comprises:

instantiating a program of instructions organized as a user profile.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein instantiating a user profile that at least causes applications to operate on the mobile device comprises:

instantiating the user profile via a network initiated instruction to activate the user profile.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein instantiating a user profile that at least causes applications to operate on the mobile device comprises:

instantiating the user profile by a user of the mobile device.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

receiving the deactivation cue automatically as a function of a determination that the mobile device is in motion, the first probability calculation associated with the determination that the mobile device is in motion.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

receiving the deactivation cue upon a determination based on the first probability calculation that the mobile device is in motion, wherein the first probability calculation is performed at the mobile device using a global positioning triangulation measurement performed at a predetermined frequency to predict a relative velocity of the mobile device.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

receiving the deactivation cue from a network interface based on a probabilistic function that includes a current location of the mobile device, a prior location of the mobile device, a time component between location determinations, and a maximum allowed speed as determined from the user profile.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating a visually interactive application wherein the visually interactive application includes one or more of a texting application, an email application, an instant messaging application, a video messaging application, a real-time gaming application, or an interactive internet-based role playing application.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a current velocity.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least an average velocity.

12. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation by at least evaluating an integral.

13. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving actual velocity data from a communications module.

14. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a GPS.

15. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein an application comprises a user interface.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein a user interface includes one or more of a display screen, a touch screen, a keypad, a speaker system and a microphone.

17. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least a velocity using at least a derivative comprises:

deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the deactivation cue including at least deactivating one or more applications on the mobile device contingent on a first probability calculation that determines at least one or an instant velocity or a final velocity using at least a derivative.

18. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more instructions that when executed on the one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices at least to;

instantiate a user profile that at least causes applications to operate on a mobile device;

deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device upon receiving a deactivation cue contingent on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is exceeding a maximum velocity in accordance with the user profile, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative; and

reactivate the one or more applications on the mobile device automatically contingent on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more computing devices comprises:

one or more heterogeneous computing networks.

20. A method comprising:

transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative;

associating an activation cue with the mobile device to reactivate the one or more applications automatically independent of transmission from the computing device, the activation cue instantiating one or more instructions on the mobile device based on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity; and

receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications have been deactivated.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprises:

transmitting the one or more instructions after a periodic geolocation calculation determines that a first probability that the mobile device has exceeded the maximum velocity is greater than a predetermined probability.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprises:

transmitting via the computing device to at least a second mobile device one or more instructions associated with one or more of an instant message, a text message or an email message that the mobile device has been deactivated.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprises:

transmitting to the mobile device one or more instructions that provide to a user of the mobile device an indication that the one or more applications on the mobile device has been deactivated.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications has been deactivated comprises:

receiving a network generated list of active applications running on the mobile device.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications has been deactivated comprises:

receiving an acknowledgment message from the mobile device that the one or more instructions have been received and instantiated on the mobile device.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

querying the mobile device to confirm a transit status.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein querying the mobile device to confirm a transit status comprises:

querying the mobile device via a network message to the mobile device to confirm that the mobile device has one or more applications disabled.

28. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting to the mobile device a time-out message indicating that one or more applications will be disabled within a predetermined time period.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein transmitting to the mobile device a time-out message indicating that one or more applications will be disabled within a predetermined time period comprises:

transmitting to the mobile device a time-out message indicating that one or more applications will be disabled within a predetermined time period according to a user profile determined time period.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein transmitting to the mobile device a time-out message indicating that one or more applications will be disabled within a predetermined time period according to a user profile determined time period comprises:

transmitting a signal to the mobile device that the user profile predetermined time period has expired.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein transmitting to the mobile device a time-out message indicating that one or more applications will be disabled within a predetermined time period according to a user profile determined time period comprises:

enabling a user of the mobile device to extend the predetermined time period by entering a predetermined code.

32. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprises:

transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate two or more applications based on a user profile wherein the user profile establishes a metric for each application to determine a velocity of the mobile device appropriate for deactivation.

33. A system comprising:

means for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative;

means for associating an activation cue with the mobile device to reactivate the one or more applications automatically independent of transmission from the computing device, the activation cue instantiating one or more instructions on the mobile device based on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity; and

means for receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications have been deactivated.

34. The system of claim 33, further comprising:

means for instantiating a user profile.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the means for instantiating a user profile comprises:

means for determining that a velocity metric has been exceeded for at least one application.

36. A system comprising:

circuitry for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative;

circuitry for associating an activation cue with the mobile device to reactivate the one or more applications automatically independent of transmission from the computing device, the activation cue instantiating one or more instructions on the mobile device based on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity; and

circuitry for receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications have been deactivated.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the circuitry for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprises:

circuitry for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions contingently transmitted based on a first probability that at least measures a current velocity at which the mobile device is moving.

38. A computer program product, comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including at least;

one or more instructions for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions to deactivate contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative;

one or more instructions for associating an activation cue with the mobile device to reactivate the one or more applications automatically independent of transmission from the computing device, the activation cue instantiating one or more instructions on the mobile device based on a second probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device is no longer exceeding the maximum velocity; and

one or more instructions for receiving a confirmation from the mobile device that the one or more applications have been deactivated.

39. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein at least some of the one or more instructions for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions to deactivate contingently transmitted based on a first probability calculated by the mobile device that the mobile device has exceeded a maximum velocity, the first probability including at least a velocity based at least partially on a derivative comprise:

one or more instructions for transmitting via a computing device to a mobile device one or more instructions to deactivate one or more applications operating on the mobile device, the one or more instructions to deactivate contingently transmitted based on a first probability that at least measures a current velocity at which the mobile device is moving.