Device Locking with Hierarchical Activity Preservation

A device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a memory;
• a locking component stored on the memory and executed by the at least one processor to:
• receive an indication to lock the device into a device state within a multi-level activity-locking hierarchy of states;
• determine at least one currently active application on the device;
• and
• lock the device into the indicated device state, such that one or more functions of the device are restricted to the device state based on the at least one currently active application.

A system comprising:

• at least one server device, configured to send a locking component to a remote device, wherein the locking component operates on the remote device to:
• receive an indication to lock the remote device into a device state within a multi-level activity-locking hierarchy of states;
• lock the remote device into the indicated device state, such that one or more functions of the device are restricted to the device state based on an application that is currently active on the remote device;
• and
• place the remote device into a fully locked state based on one or more criteria.