Patent ID: 9563576
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A process for governing use of an information processing application, including: defining a selected region encompassing permitted locations of a processing device; in conjunction with a request for access to a particular information processing application, periodically comparing a current location of the information processing device with the selected region encompassing permitted locations, to determine whether the information processing device resides at a permitted location; in response to determining that the information processing device resides at a permitted location, using a control component operatively associated with the particular information processing application to enable the information processing device to function according to a first protocol governing access to and use of the particular information processing application; and alternatively, in response to determining that the information processing device does not reside at a permitted location, using the control component to cause the information processing device to function according to a second protocol governing use of the particular information processing application, wherein the second protocol is more restrictive than the first protocol; initiating an override function effective for a predetermined time interval responsive to a given determination that the information processing device resides at a permitted location and enabling the information processing device to function according to the first protocol for the duration of the predetermined time interval, regardless of whether a subsequent comparison during the predetermined time interval fails to indicate that the information processing device resides at a permitted location; and wherein said defining a selected region is performed independently of the particular information processing application.