US 9,542,571 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OWNER APPLICATION CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICESGeneral
US 9,542,571 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OWNER APPLICATION CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Tech Center:
2800 Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing
Examiner:
Daniel Hess
Art Unit:
2876 Optics
Agent:
Inventors:
Neil P. Adams; Michael G. Kirkup; Herbert A. Little; Russell N. Owen
Assignee:
Priority:
12/10/03
Filed:
05/18/15
Granted:
01/10/17
Expiration:
02/17/25
Abstract
Systems and methods of owner application control of an electronic device are provided. Owner application control information is stored on the electronic device and/or one or more remote servers. Owner application control information is consulted to determine if one or more required applications are available for execution on the electronic device. If not, one or more required applications not available are downloaded and installed. This could be in a manner transparent to the user of the electronic device. If one or more required applications are not available on the electronic device, the device can be functionally disabled in whole, or in part, until one or more required applications are available.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F2221/2149G06FH04M1/72406H04L63/102H04M