Local software beacon for device management

A system for mobile device management, the system comprising:

• a mobile device including memory coupled to at least one processor of the mobile device and configured to provide the at least one processor with instructions;
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• the at least one processor configured to:
• associate the mobile device with a driver of a vehicle based on a touch input at the mobile device,
• enforce a device usage policy to selectively limit access to denied mobile device functionality if a criteria is met while the mobile device is within the vehicle,
• in response to the mobile device being associated with the driver of the vehicle, enforce the device usage policy when the criteria is met and cause the mobile device to transmit one or more signals including a unique identifier to at least one other mobile device within the vehicle,
• in response to the mobile device being connected to a further mobile device that is associated with the driver of the vehicle, permit access to the denied mobile device functionality at the mobile device.

A method for mobile device management at a driver mobile device comprising:

• receiving, at the driver mobile device, one or more signals from an in-vehicle network beacon over a short range wireless network;
• receiving, at the driver mobile device, a touch input associating the driver mobile device with a vehicle driver;
• causing the driver mobile device to transmit one or more signals to a passenger mobile device over the short range wireless network, wherein both of the passenger mobile device and the driver mobile device are located within a vehicle, the one or more signals including a unique identifier and indicating the association of the driver mobile device with the vehicle driver;
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• restricting user access to one or more features of the driver mobile device in response to detected motion of the driver mobile device.

A method for mobile device management at a passenger mobile device comprising:

• restricting access to one or more features of the passenger mobile device pursuant to a temporary device usage policy;
• receiving, at the passenger mobile device, one or more signals from a driver mobile device over a short range wireless network in response to a touch input at the driver mobile device to designate the driver mobile device as being associated with a driver of a vehicle, wherein both of the passenger mobile device and the driver mobile device are located within the vehicle, the one or more signals including a unique identifier associated with the driver mobile device;
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• in response to receiving the one or more signals from the driver mobile device, limiting enforcement of the temporary device usage policy at the passenger mobile device to provide a user of the passenger mobile device access to the one or more features that are restricted at the driver mobile device under the temporary device usage policy.