Patent ID: 9125000
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: a location-awareness system configured to determine a location of the mobile device; an app-management facilitator configured to: select one or more mobile applications (“apps”) that are associated with a location other than the determined location, wherein the selected apps include installed and not-yet-installed apps; facilitate a change in use state of one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device; wherein the facilitating includes actions selected from a group consisting of installing one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device, activating one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device, invoking one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device, uninstalling one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device, deactivating one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device, and changing a user notification setting for one or more of the selected apps on the mobile device.