Patent ID: 9582139
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G,H04M

Claim:
1. A method of configuring a mobile device, the method comprising: providing, for a mobile computing device, a plurality of device profiles that each define a manner in which the mobile computing device interacts with one or more users, the plurality of device profiles including: operating the mobile computing device using the first profile of the plurality of device profiles so as to cause the mobile computing device to present the first user interface that includes the first set of applications; automatically, without user input, identifying by the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device has changed states as a result of the mobile computing device changing from a first geographic location that is associated with a first state to a second geographic location that is associated with a second state; in response to automatically identifying that the mobile computing device has changed states as a result of the mobile computing device changing from the first geographic location to the second geographic location, presenting a list of one or more of the device profiles that are available to the mobile computing device and a selectable control for selecting one of the one or more profiles in the list, the list of one or more of the device profiles including the second profile; receiving, from a user, an instruction to switch to the second profile of the device profiles in the list that is separate and distinct from the first profile; challenging the user for authentication information as a result of receiving the instruction to switch from the first profile to the second profile; and configuring the mobile computing device, in response to having received the instruction to switch to the second profile and in response to the user providing correct authentication information, to operate according to the second profile so as to cause the mobile computing device to present the second user interface that includes the second set of applications.