Temporary control of components using location based grants

A control server of a third party, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a user device and receive an indication that the user device is in a predetermined area, the third party being associated with the predetermined area;
• a memory arrangement storing authentication data and command data, the authentication data configured to authenticate the third party to the user device, the command data configured to be executed on the user device to prepare the user device to receive commands that provide the third party with a limited control over the user device while the user device remains in the predetermined area;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory arrangement,
• wherein, responsive to the receipt of the indication, the processor is configured to:
• instruct the transceiver to transmit the authentication data to the user device,
• after the transceiver transmits the authentication data, instruct the transceiver to receive a request from the user device for the command data, wherein the request indicates that the user device used the authentication data to validate the control server for control over user device,
• in response to the request, instruct the transceiver to transmit the command data to the user device, wherein the user device executes the command data;
• and
• after the transceiver transmits the command data, instruct the transceiver to transmit control data comprising at least one command to be executed on the user device.

A method, comprising:

• generating, by a control server of a third party, authentication data, the authentication data configured to authenticate the third party to a user device;
• generating, by the control server, command data, the command data configured to be executed on the user device to prepare the user device to receive commands that provide the third party with a limited control over the user device while the user device remains in a predetermined area, the third party being associated with the predetermined area and the predetermined area being included in a broadcast zone of a communication network used by the control server;
• broadcasting, by the control server into the broadcast zone, the authentication data and the command data for the user device that is in the predetermined area to receive the authentication data and the command data, wherein the user device executes the command data;
• receiving a confirmation, in the control server from the user device, that the user device used the authentication data to validate the control server for control over user device;
• and
• generating and transmitting, by the control server to the user device, control data comprising at least one command to be executed on the user device.