Prohibiting electronic device usage based on geographical location
AssigneeLongsand Limited
InventorsHarsha Raghavendra Kushtagi, Manjunath Bharadwaj Subramanya, Neeraj Kumar Chauhan
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Abstract
A system and method for prohibiting electronic device usage based on geographical location are provided herein. In examples, a geographical location of the electronic device is determined. Any policies associated with the geographical location of the electronic device are determined, and the policy may be obtained from a remote location. The functions of the electronic device are disabled based on the policy.
Claims18
A method for prohibiting electronic device usage based on geographical location, comprising:
- determining a geographical location of the electronic device;
- determining if there is a policy associated with the geographical location of the electronic device;
- obtaining the policy from a remote location;
- disabling functions of the electronic device based on the policy, without executing the functions of the electronic device;
- indicating if the disabled functions were overridden;
- overriding the disabled functions;
- and
- issuing a report including the overridden functions.
A system for prohibiting electronic device usage based on geographical location, comprising:
- a processor that is adapted to execute stored instructions;
- and
- a storage device that stores instructions, the storage device comprising processor executable code that, when executed by the processor, is adapted to:
- determine a geographical location of the electronic device;
- transmit the geographical location of the electronic device to a remote server;
- determine if there is a policy associated with the geographical location of the electronic device present on the remote server;
- transmit the policy from the remote server to the electronic device;
- disable functions of the electronic device based on the policy without executing the functions of the electronic device;
- indicate if the disabled functions were overridden
- overriding the disabled functions of the electronic device;
- and
- issuing a report including the overridden functions.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising code to direct a processor to:
- determine a geographical location of an electronic device;
- determine if there is a policy associated with the geographical location of the electronic device;
- obtain the policy from a remote location;
- disable functions of the electronic device based on the policy without executing the functions of the electronic device;
- indicating if the disabled functions were overridden
- overriding the disabled functions of the electronic device;
- and
- issuing a report including the overridden functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.