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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Reed E. Olsen, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd R. Fernandez, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Harris, Berkeley, CA (US);
Albert R. Howard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul W. Salzman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bryce D. Wolfson, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher G. Skogen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
David A. Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nolan A. Astrein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some implementations, a controller device can implement communication restriction configurations on a managed device operated by a first user with a first account identifier, the configurations designed to limit a feature or functionality of the managed device. For example, the controller device can remotely cause the managed device to limit the communication capabilities of the first device. For example, the first device receives a message including the configuration. The managed device determines that the communication restriction configuration is created by a second user of the controller device. The first device identifies a second account identifier for the controller device. The first device determines that the second account identifier represents a member of a family group that includes the first account identifier. The managed device then automatically configures itself based on the first communication restriction configuration, including restricting access to one or more communication features of the managed device.