Patent ID: 9113299
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a mobile endpoint device, comprising: storing, by a processor, one or more pre-defined configuration settings for the mobile endpoint device; receiving, by the processor, a location of the mobile endpoint device; identifying, by the processor, a location characteristic of the location of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the location characteristic of the location is based upon information obtained from a third party database, wherein the information in the third party database comprises a high crime rate at the location, wherein the high crime rate is based upon a crime rate being above a threshold; and configuring, by the processor, the mobile endpoint device with one of the one or more pre-defined configuration settings based upon the location and the location characteristic of the mobile endpoint device, wherein each one of the one or more pre-defined configuration settings comprises a change to a security setting, an application setting, a background processing setting, a power setting, a notification setting and a data connection setting.