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US 10,805,861 B2Granted
Context-aware mobile device management
AssigneeCellcontrol, Inc.
InventorsJoseph E. Breaux, III, Michael W. Lynn, Chad Howell, John Wright, Chester Parrott, Nicholas Hathaway, Chad A. Kennedy
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Abstract
Technologies disclosed herein are directed to context-based mobile device management. According to one embodiment, an application executing in a mobile device detects an event to trigger context-based management of the mobile device. A usage context associated with the mobile device is determined. One or more policies to enforce on the mobile device are identified as a function of the usage context. The application enforces the one or more policies on the mobile device.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting, by an application executing in a mobile device, an event to trigger context-based management of the mobile device;
- determining a usage context associated with the mobile device;
- identifying, as a function of the usage context, one or more policies to enforce on the mobile device, wherein a first of the one or more policies specifies one or more features accessible to a user on the mobile device based on the usage context;
- and
- enforcing, by the application, the one or more policies on the mobile device by displaying the application on a foreground of a display on the mobile device to provide access to the one or more features via the displayed application on the mobile device and prevent access to one or more second features by not presenting the one or more second features on the displayed application, wherein the first policy comprises a whitelist of applications accessible on the mobile device, and wherein updating an enforced first policy based on the usage context policy comprises updating the whitelist of applications accessible on the mobile device based on the usage context policy.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a service enforcing a first policy for a mobile device and upon detection by the service of an event to trigger context-based management of the mobile device, a usage context policy to apply based on the event;
- updating, by the service, the enforced first policy based on the usage context policy, the updated first policy restricting access to one or more applications previously accessible prior to the update;
- sending the first policy updated based on the usage context policy to the mobile device;
- detecting, by the service, a second event to trigger the context-based management of the mobile device;
- determining, by the service, a second usage context policy to apply based on the event;
- updating the first policy based on the second usage context policy;
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- sending the first policy updated based on the second usage context policy to the mobile device.
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