Mobile device and service management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11039020-B2
Application number	US-201916274405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2019
Priority date	Jan 28, 2009
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A wireless end-user device, comprising one or more modems enabling the wireless end-user device to communicate with a network system over a wireless access network, a touch-screen user interface, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a user input through the touch-screen user interface, the user input comprising a request to remove the wireless end-user device from an existing device group account, the existing device group account being associated with one or more devices including the wireless end-user device, and send a message to the network system over the wireless access network, the message conveying the request to remove the wireless end-user device from the existing device group account.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first wireless end-user device, comprising:
one or more modems enabling the first wireless end-user device to communicate with a service controller of a network system over a wireless access network;
a touch-screen user interface; and
one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
register a first credential with the service controller, the first credential after registration associated with a secure communication channel between the first wireless end-user device and the service controller;
establish based at least in part on the first credential that the first wireless end-user device is authorized to manage an existing device group account, the existing device group account associated with a plurality of devices including the first wireless end-user device and a second wireless end-user device having a second credential registered with the service controller; and
based at least in part upon the first wireless end-user device establishing authorization to manage the existing device group account,
activate displayable options on one or more displayable pages of the touch-screen user interface to allow a user of the first wireless end-user device to remove the second wireless end-user device from the existing device group account and to restrict individual application usage of the second wireless end-user device,
detect a user input through the touch-screen user interface, the user input comprising a request to remove the second wireless end-user device from the existing device group account and
send a message to the service controller over the wireless access network via the secure communication channel, the message conveying the request to remove the second wireless end-user device from the existing device group account.

2. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein execution of the instructions to cause the one or more processors to establish based at least in part on the first credential that the first wireless end-user device is authorized to manage the existing device group account comprises exchanging messages via the secure communication channel with the service controller to establish authorization.

3. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein execution of the instructions to cause the one or more processors to establish based at least in part on the first credential that the first wireless end-user device is authorized to manage the existing device group account is also based on whether a user of the first wireless end-user device successfully logs in to the existing device group account via the service controller.

4. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein execution of the instructions to cause the one or more processors to activate displayable options further comprises displaying information for each of the plurality of devices associated with the existing device group account, the displayed information for each of the plurality of devices comprising indicia of one or more capabilities and/or restrictions of that wireless device.

5. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein the secure communication channel is a push notification channel.

6. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein the first credential is a device credential.

7. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein the first credential is an agent credential.

8. The first wireless end-user device of claim 1 , wherein execution of the instructions cause the one or more processors further to, based at least in part upon the first wireless end-user device establishing authorization to manage the existing device account,
detect a second user input through the touch-screen user interface to select the activated displayable option to restrict individual application usage of the second wireless end-user device,
based at least in part on detection of the second user input, display on the touch-screen user interface an indication of each application present on the second wireless end-user device, along with respective selectable options to include and/or exclude each application present on the second wireless end-user device from a usage restriction.

9. The first wireless end-user device of claim 8 , wherein display based at least in part on detection of the second user input further comprises display based also on receiving, from the service controller, information identifying each application present on the second wireless end-user device.

Assignees

• Headwater Res Llc

Inventors

• Raleigh Gregory G
• Lavine James
• Carter Iii Russell Bertrand

Classifications

• H04M15/58

  based on statistics of usage or network monitoring · CPC title

• H04W60/06

  De-registration or detaching · CPC title

• H04W4/24

  Accounting or billing · CPC title

• H04W12/61

  Time-dependent · CPC title

• H04L12/14

  Charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications, e.g. authentication, authorisation and accounting [AAA] framework · CPC title