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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Life360, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Naveen Puvvula, Fremont, CA (US);
Nitin Bhandari, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Life360, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
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.