Wireless communication user equipment on-board policy enforcement
US9491768B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/24
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE comprises a processor, a memory storing a usage policy, and an enforcement application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the enforcement application reads the usage policy, evaluates compliance of one of a UE configuration and a UE usage with the usage policy, determines that the UE configuration or UE usage are non-compliant with the usage policy; and presents a restricted screen on the touchscreen display, wherein the restricted screen provides touch input controls only for selecting to originate an phone call to emergency services (e911 call) and to at least one of restore the UE configuration to comply with the usage policy or adapt UE usage to comply with the usage policy.
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