Second party control over mobile device usage
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsJeffrey Clinton Mikan, John Ervin Lewis, Justin McNamara, Fulvio Cenciarelli, Anastasios L. Kefalas
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Abstract
A mechanism is provided whereby a parent, or other second party, can monitor and/or control a child's or other first party's wireless device usage. An interface can allow the parent to set rules for the child's usage, and can specify that the parent should receive messages when a call is made to or from the child's wireless device. In addition to call information, the message may prompt the parent for approval of the call connection. Thus, a parent can decide whether a call that is incoming from or outgoing to a third party should be permitted.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, on a first device, an indication of a communication from a sender mobile device, the communication identifying a recipient mobile device as an intended recipient;
- transmitting, to the sender mobile device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval;
- prior to the communication being transmitted to the recipient mobile device, transmitting, to a second device, a request to approve transmission of the communication;
- and
- receiving a response to the request from the second device.
A first device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting a communication from a sender device, the communication identifying a recipient device as an intended recipient;
- transmitting, to the sender device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval;
- prior to the communication being transmitted to the recipient device, transmitting, to a second device, a request to approve transmission of the communication;
- and
- receiving a response to the request from the second device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to effectuate operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting a communication from a sender device, the communication identifying a recipient device as an intended recipient;
- transmitting, to the sender device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval;
- prior to the communication being transmitted to the recipient device, transmitting, to a second device, a request to approve transmission of the communication;
- and
- receiving a response to the request from the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.