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 computer-implemented method comprising:
- configuring, by a service, a device usage policy to enforce on a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, the device usage policy restricting access to one or more mobile device applications on the first mobile device based on a usage context;
- transmitting, by the service, the device usage policy to the plurality of mobile devices;
- prompting, by the service, the first mobile device for an acknowledgement of the device usage policy;
- and
- upon receiving the acknowledgement from the first mobile device, granting, by the service, access to at least one of the one or more mobile device applications on the first mobile device.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing program code, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform an operation, comprising:
- configuring, by a service, a device usage policy to enforce on a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, the device usage policy restricting access to one or more mobile device applications on the first mobile device based on a usage context,
- transmitting, by the service, the device usage policy to the plurality of mobile devices,
- prompting, by the service, the first mobile device for an acknowledgement of the device usage policy, and
- upon receiving the acknowledgement from the first mobile device, granting, by the service, access to at least one of the one or more mobile device applications on the first mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.