Managed mobile media platform systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256717-B2
Application number	US-201213411386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2012
Priority date	Mar 2, 2012
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An exemplary system includes 1) a mobile computing device provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of an industry service provider to access one or more services provided by the industry service provider and 2) a mobile media platform provider subsystem operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to communicate with the mobile computing device. The mobile media platform provider subsystem and the mobile computing device are configured to provide a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider and configured to facilitate the use of the mobile computing device by the customer to access the one or more services provided by the industry service provider.

First claim

What is a claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a mobile computing device provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of an industry service provider to access one or more services provided by the industry service provider; and
a mobile media platform provider subsystem operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to communicate with the mobile computing device, the mobile media platform provider subsystem implemented in one or more computing devices separate from the mobile computing device;
wherein
the mobile media platform provider subsystem and the mobile computing device are configured to provide a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider and configured to facilitate the use of the mobile computing device by the customer to access the one or more services provided by the industry service provider,
the mobile computing device is locked down by computer-readable code installed on the mobile computing device by the mobile media platform provider subsystem to
block access, by the mobile computing device, to one or more of code, applications, and features of the mobile computing device, and
permit access, via a network, to remotely hosted content only from sources controlled by the mobile media platform provider subsystem, the remotely hosted content only from sources controlled by the mobile media platform provider subsystem comprising one or more of an application hosted by the mobile media platform provider subsystem for remote access by the mobile computing device and an application provided by the mobile media platform provider subsystem for installation on the mobile computing device, and

the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to
manage an identity of the customer of the industry service provider by
registering the customer with the mobile media platform provider subsystem,
provisioning credentials for the customer, and
maintaining an access log that includes information related to one or more access events associated with the customer, the information related to the one or more access events associated with the customer including information related to a historical proximity of the mobile computing device to a mobile phone associated with the customer during the one or more access events, the mobile computing device being separate from the mobile phone associated with the customer, and

selectively grant the mobile computing device access to the one or more services provided by the industry service provider based at least in part on the credentials for the customer and the information related to the historical proximity of the mobile computing device to the mobile phone associated with the customer during the one or more access events.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile media platform is managed by the vertical solution provider as a vertical solution in a vertical market.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the mobile media platform is dedicated for the vertical solution in the vertical market.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile media platform is managed by the vertical solution provider across a build, a deployment, and an operation of the mobile media platform.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to receive a content application from the industry service provider and host the content application for remote access by the mobile computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the industry service provider comprises a financial service provider.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application provided by the mobile media platform provider subsystem for installation on the mobile computing device is accessed by the mobile computing device by way of a private storefront provided by the mobile media platform provider subsystem.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the mobile media platform provider subsystem is further configured to bind the identity of the customer to an identity of the mobile computing device; and
the selectively granting the mobile computing device access to the one or more services provided by the industry service provider is further based on the identity of the mobile computing device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the mobile media platform provider subsystem is further configured to determine a geographic location of the mobile computing device, and
the selectively granting the mobile computing device access to the one or more services provided by the industry service provider is further based on the geographic location of the mobile computing device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable code is installed on the mobile computing device remotely by the mobile media platform provider subsystem.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to remotely run the one or more of the code, applications, and features of the mobile computing device blocked from access by the mobile computing device.

12. A system comprising:
a mobile computing device configured by and provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of a financial service provider to obtain mobile access to content provided by the financial service provider for mobile access by the customer by way of a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider; and
a mobile media platform provider subsystem operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to communicate with the mobile computing device and implemented in one or more computing devices separate from the mobile computing device, the mobile media platform provider subsystem comprising an access management facility configured to
manage an identity of the customer by
registering the customer with the mobile media platform provider subsystem, and
provisioning credentials for the customer,

maintain, over time, an access log that includes information related to one or more access events associated with the customer, the information related to the one or more access events associated with the customer including information related to a historical proximity of the mobile computing device to a mobile phone associated with the customer during the one or more access events, the mobile computing device being separate from the mobile phone associated with the customer, and
use at least the credentials for the customer and the information related to the historical proximity of the mobile computing device to the mobile phone associated with the customer during the one or more access events to selectively authenticate the customer as being authorized to access the content provided by the financial service provider,

wherein
the mobile computing device is locked down by computer-readable code installed on the mobile computing device by the mobile media platform provider subsystem to
block access, by the mobile computing device, to one or more of code, applications, and features of the mobile computing device, and
permit access, via a network, to remotely hosted content only from sources controlled by the mobile media platform provider subsystem, the remotely hosted content only from sources controlled by the mobile media platform provider subsystem comprising one or more of an application hosted by the mobile media platform provider subsystem for remote access by the mobile computing device and an application provided by the mobile media platform provider subsystem for installation on the mobile computing device, and

the remotely hosted content only from sources controlled by the mobile media platform provider subsystem includes the content provided by the fina

Assignees

• Tomfohrde Peter W
• Williams John R
• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Tomfohrde Peter W
• Williams John R

Classifications

• H04W12/08

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