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US 12,696,173 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.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a contextual mobile device management (CMDM) service executing on a platform, an indication of a change in a context for managing a mobile device via a configuration profile associated with the mobile device, wherein the CMDM service sends communications to the mobile device via a push notification service executing on the platform;
- determining, by the CMDM service and based on the change in context, a mobile device management policy to apply to the mobile device;
- and
- modifying, by the CMDM service, the configuration profile associated with the mobile device by:
- generating a notification comprising a payload to modify the configuration profile according to the determined mobile device management policy, and
- transmitting, via the push notification service, the notification to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to modify the configuration profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.