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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Tasleem Arif, Noida, IN;

Manoj Kumar, New Delhi, IN;

Prakhar Avasthi, Ghaziabad, IN;

Achintya Dixit, Lucknow, IN;

Dhananjay Govekar, Mumbai, IN;

Aleena Das, Pune, IN;

Munwar Khan, South Delhi, IN;

Sanket Magarkar, Noida, IN;

Shashank Shekhar, Patna, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating an electronic device includes displaying a user-interface for a mode for controlling data usage on a display of the electronic device, in response to detecting an input for the user-interface, activating the mode, in the mode, identifying a first set of applications among a plurality of applications installed in the electronic device based on a predefined list, allowing first data usage for a first set of applications, and restricting second data usage for a second set of applications among the plurality of applications other than the first set of applications.


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