Mobile device child share

US9230076B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph Spencer King · Seattle, US
• Shawn M. Thomas · Redmond, US
• Michael Burt Goulding · Redmond, US
• Todd Myles Derksen · Redmond, US
• Aaron Naoyoshi Sheung Yan Woo · Bellevue, US
• Bernardo Iturriaga Dubost · Kirkland, US
• Alan B. Auerbach · Sammamish, US
• David Braun · Denville, US
• Andrew P. Begun · Redmond, US
• Andrew C. Haon · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/02
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In embodiments of mobile device child share, a mobile device can display a default device lock screen on an integrated display device, and receive an input effective to transition from the default device lock screen to display a child lock screen without receiving a PIN code entered on the default device lock screen. The mobile device can receive a second input effective to transition from the child lock screen to display a child space. The mobile device implements a device share service that activates a child share mode of the mobile device, and restricts functionality of device applications and access to device content based on designated restriction limits.