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.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting, on a network, a communication from a sender mobile device intended for a recipient mobile device before transmitting the communication to the recipient mobile device;
- transmitting, to the sender mobile device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval;
- transmitting, to a second mobile device a request to approve transmission of the communication to the recipient mobile device;
- determining that a response to the request has been received from the second mobile device;
- and
- transmitting the communication to the recipient mobile device responsive to receiving the response.
A network device comprising:
- a processor;
- a transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor;
- and
- memory comprising instructions that cause the processor executing the instructions to effectuate operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, via the transceiver, a communication from a sender mobile device intended for a recipient mobile device before the communication has been transmitted to the recipient mobile device
- transmitting, via the transceiver, to the sender mobile device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval;
- transmitting, to a second mobile device, a request to approve transmission of the communication to the recipient mobile device;
- determining that a response to the request has been received from the second mobile device;
- and
- transmitting the communication to the recipient mobile device responsive to receiving the response.
A system comprising:
- a verification server communicatively coupled to a settings server, the verification server comprising a processor;
- and
- memory comprising instructions that cause the processor executing the instructions to effectuate operations comprising:
- detecting a communication from a sender mobile device intended for a recipient mobile device before transmitting the communication to the recipient mobile device,
- transmitting, to the sender mobile device, a notification indicating that the communication is subject to approval,
- transmitting, to a second mobile device, a request to approve transmission of the communication to the recipient mobile device,
- determining that a response to the request has been received from the second mobile device, and
- transmitting the communication to the recipient mobile device responsive to receiving the response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.