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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stuart Slack, San Jose, CA (US);
Brendan A. McCarthy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carsten Guenther, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Brooke Sharp, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for remotely commanding a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input identifying a mobile device, presenting to a user one or more remote commands corresponding to the mobile device, receiving user input selecting a remote command from the one or more presented remote commands, generating a remote command message instructing the mobile device to execute the selected remote command, and transmitting the remote command message to a server for publication in a message topic. Further, a selectable list of mobile devices associated with a remote management account can be presented to the user, the selectable list including information uniquely identifying each mobile device. Additionally, the selectable list of mobile devices can include an indication of whether an included mobile device is online.