Patent ID: 8639236

Claim:
A method for controlling functions at a first device, the method comprising: receiving a communication at the first device from a communication network, the communication providing a first request for a meeting tracked by a calendar application operating on the first device, a start time for the meeting, a location associated with the meeting; and a second request to control a function of the first device for the meeting when a first account associated with a recipient of the first request is controllable by a second account that initiated the first request; and being addressed to an account being accessed by the first device; identifying a component on the first device associated with the function; providing a response to the communication network from the first device indicating whether the first request is accepted; deactivating the component when the start time arrives on the first device if the response indicates that the first request is accepted; and after the component is deactivated, reactivating the component when the first device is moved from the location; and not deactivating the component when the start time arrives on the first device if the response indicates that the first request is not accepted.