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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:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Life360, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Naveen Puvvula, Fremont, CA (US);

Nitin Bhandari, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Life360, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72577 (2013.01); H04M 1/72566 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling application usage on a user device are disclosed. According to some embodiments, usage information is received from the user device. Whether one or more trigger criteria associated with a usage control mode are satisfied is determined based on the received usage information. If the trigger criteria are satisfied, application usage on the user device is controlled according to the usage control mode to reduce or eliminate distractions to the user. Otherwise if the trigger criteria are not satisfied, access to all applications is allowed on the user device.


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