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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Gregory M. J. H. Tkaczyk, Burlington, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 2203/558 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system or computer usable program product for utilizing caller identification (ID) for managing a mobile device including receiving a policy for invoking an executive function on the mobile device upon a first condition being met wherein the executive function is a function performed by a processor of the mobile device beyond call filtering; determining a caller ID associated with the executive function; providing a caller ID application to the mobile device which will perform the executive function upon the mobile device receiving a phone call with the caller ID that is associated with the executive function; and responsive to meeting the first condition of the policy, placing a phone call to the mobile device with a caller ID matching the caller ID associated with the executive function.


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