Patent ID: 9088861
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A master mobile phone, comprising: a user interface of a parental control application to allow a master user on the master mobile phone to interactively manage and control at least one child mobile phone, wherein a set-up phase is to identify whether a phone is to act as a master mobile phone or child mobile phone; an authentication agent configured to enable the master mobile phone to authenticate a data connection session between the master mobile phone and the at least one child mobile phone, the authentication to utilize a security engine coupled to the master mobile phone for encrypting and decrypting messages and/or certificates; a policy management and enforcement agent to initiate changes in a control policy in the at least one child mobile phone and record the changes in a secure storage coupled to the master mobile phone, wherein (i) the control policy defines control and management of at least one feature of the child mobile phone and (ii) the child mobile phone restricts, redirects, and/or monitors the at least one feature of the child mobile phone, according to the control policy; a communication agent configured to send requests and control policy changes to the at least one child mobile phone, and perform a handshake communication between the at least one child mobile phone and the master mobile phone to initiate the data connection session via a local communication protocol between the master mobile phone and the at least one child mobile phone, wherein the master mobile phone and the child mobile phone communicate via a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol after the data connection session is initiated via the local communication protocol.