Patent ID: 8219063
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling usage in a mobile device comprised of a virtualization software layer that supports one or more virtual machines, the method comprising: receiving control information at the mobile device from a management server that communicates the control information to the virtualization software layer, wherein the control information includes one or more limits pertaining to one or more uses of the mobile device; collecting usage information relating to a use in the one or more uses by a virtual machine supported by the virtualization software layer; determining whether the usage information relating to the use exceeds a corresponding limit in the one of the one or more limits included in the control information; and if the usage information corresponding to the use exceeds the corresponding limit, carrying out, via the virtualization software layer, a predetermined action relating to the use based on the control information to limit the use by the virtual machine.