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App. No. 15/726,001

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE POLICY ENFORCEMENT

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App. No.
15/726,001
Abstract

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for vehicle policy management and enforcement. In certain embodiments, a method for enforcing a policy may include receiving policy information at a device including one or more conditions relating to a policy-managed location in a vehicle. A determination may be made whether the device is within the policy-managed location based on signals received by a short-range communication system included in the device and/or the vehicle. The received policy information may be evaluated to determine and implement one or more device actions associated with the one or more conditions.

Claims (25)

1 .- 9 . (canceled)

10 . A method for controlling the operation of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:

sending policy information to a first device, said policy information including one or more instructions indicating one or more operations to be performed when said first device determines that it is located in a policy managed location, said determination at least in part based on said first device receiving short range communication signals from a first apparatus;

sending policy related information to said first apparatus, said policy related information including a validation code, said validation code to be communicated to said first device to authenticate presence in a policy managed location within or near the apparatus;

receiving, from said first device, contextual information relating to use of the first device while located in said policy managed location.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein said contextual information includes information pertaining to the state of said first device while located in said policy managed location.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein said contextual information includes information pertaining to the state of said first apparatus while boated in said policy managed location.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said state information indicates features of the first device that are enabled.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said state information indicates feature of the first device that are disabled.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said state information describes one or more environmental variables present while said first device is located in said policy managed location.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein said state information indicates features of the first apparatus that are enabled.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein said state information indicates feature of the first apparatus that are disabled.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein said state information describes one or more environmental variables present while said first device is located in said policy managed location.

19 . A method for controlling the operation of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:

sending policy information to a first device, said policy information including one or more instructions indicating one or more operations to be performed when said first device determines that it is located in a policy managed location, said determination at least in part based on said first device receiving short range communication signals from a first apparatus;

sending policy related information to said first apparatus, said policy related information including a validation code, said validation code to be communicated to said first device to authenticate presence in a policy managed location within or near the apparatus;

receiving, from said first apparatus, contextual information relating to use of the first device while located in said policy managed location.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein said contextual information includes information pertaining to the state of said first device while located in said policy managed location.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein said contextual information includes information pertaining to the state of said first apparatus while located in said policy managed location.

22 . The method of claim 20 , wherein said state information indicates features of the first device that are enabled.

23 . The method of claim 20 , wherein said state information indicates feature of the first device that are disabled.

24 . The method of claim 20 , wherein said state information describes one or more environmental variables present while said first device is located in said policy managed location.

25 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said state information indicates features of the first apparatus that are enabled.

26 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said state information indicates feature of the first apparatus that are disabled.

27 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said state information describes one or more environmental variables present while said first device is located in said policy managed location.