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US 10,949,510 B2Granted
Managing grouped student devices with timed locks
AssigneeAirWatch LLC
InventorsBill DeWeese, Kevin McKeithan
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Abstract
Systems and methods presented herein can allow a teacher to manage student devices in a classroom setting by grouping student devices on a graphical user interface and using the interface to set locks with respect to the groups of student devices. Lock requests can be received and managed by a server, which can issue file locks, web locks, and application locks. These locks can restrict file access, website access, and application access, respectively, on the students' personal mobile devices. Additionally, the teacher device can allow the teacher to provide timing information in conjunction with the lock requests, which can control when to lock and/or unlock the student devices.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, the instructions causing a processor to execute stages including:
- displaying a plurality of user representations corresponding to student devices as part of a graphical user interface, wherein each user representation corresponds to a student device from the student devices;
- receiving a selection of a first group of at least two user representations;
- receiving a selection of a first lock type from a plurality of available lock types, the available lock types including an application lock, a file lock, and a web lock;
- receiving a selection of available resources that can be accessed while the first lock type is in place, the available resources including a website and a file;
- receiving timing information for applying the first lock type;
- transmitting a first lock request for application to the student devices corresponding to the first group, the first lock request including the selected first lock type, the timing information, and a whitelist of the selected available resources, wherein the student devices are locked into a single application that allows access to the available resources of the whitelist from within the single application when the first lock type is applied to the student devices;
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- updating the user interface to show that the user representations in the first group have a lock applied to each of the respective student devices after the first lock type is applied to the student devices.
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A system for teacher-controlled launching of resources on student devices, including:
- a non-transitory, computer readable medium containing instructions for a teacher application;
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- a processor that executes the instructions to perform stages comprising:
- displaying a plurality of user representations corresonding to the student devices as part of a graphical user interface, each user representation corresponding to a user device from the student devices;
- receiving a selection of a first group of at least two user representations;
- receiving a selection of a first lock type from a plurality of available lock types, the available lock types including an application lock, a file lock, and a web lock;
- receiving a selection of available resources that can be accessed while the first lock type is in place, the available resources including a website and a file;
- receiving timing information for applying the first lock type;
- transmitting a first lock request for application to the student devices corresponding to the first group, the first lock request including the selected first lock type, the timing information, and a whitelist of the selected available resources, wherein the student devices are locked into a single application that allows access to the available resources of the whitelist from within the single application when the first lock type is applied to the student devices;
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- updating the user interface to show that the user representations in the first group have a lock applied to each of the respective student devices after the first lock type is applied to the student devices.
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A method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of user representations corresonding to student devices as part of a graphical user interface, each user representation associated with a student device from the student devices;
- receiving a selection of a first group of at least two user representations;
- receiving a selection of a first lock type from a plurality of available lock types, the available lock types including an application lock, a file lock, and a web lock;
- receiving a selection of available resources that can be accessed while the first lock type is in place, the available resources including a website and a file;
- receiving timing information for applying the first lock type;
- transmitting a first lock request for application to the student devices corresponding to the first group, the first lock request including the selected first lock type, the timing information, and a whitelist of the selected available resources, wherein the student devices are locked into a single application that allows access to the available resources of the whitelist from within the single application when the first lock type is applied to the student devices;
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- updating the user interface to show that the user representations in the first group have a lock applied to each of the respective student devices after the first lock type is applied to the student devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.