Patent ID: 9571522
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for applying a location-based control policy of a mobile device, the method comprising: determining whether a current location of the mobile device satisfies predetermined location parameters of the control policy; determining a present time; and if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device satisfies the predetermined location parameters of the control policy and if it is determined that the present time is within a timeline indicated in the control policy, applying the control policy, wherein the timeline defines a range of time in which the control policy is valid and applied, wherein the control policy determines whether to allow or disallow access to at least one of a network, a specific site on the network, a type of communication via the network, or content accessed via the network, according to the location parameters, wherein the control policy can be configured as an absolute location based policy, a relative location based control policy, or an occurrence based control policy, wherein the absolute location based policy is applied if the mobile device is determined to be at a predetermined absolute location specified in the absolute location based policy, and wherein the relative location based control policy is applied if a distance between the mobile device and a predetermined device is less than a predetermined threshold distance, the predetermined device and the predetermined threshold distance being specified in the relative location based control policy.