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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:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Neil P. Adams, Waterloo, CA;

Michael G. Kirkup, Waterloo, CA;

Herbert A. Little, Waterloo, CA;

Russell N. Owen, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Neil P. Adams, Waterloo, CA;

Michael G. Kirkup, Waterloo, CA;

Herbert A. Little, Waterloo, CA;

Russell N. Owen, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 21/71 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01); G06F 21/71 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04M 1/72525 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of owner application control of an electronic device are provided. Owner application control information is stored on the electronic device and/or one or more remote servers. Owner application control information is consulted to determine if one or more required applications are available for execution on the electronic device. If not, one or more required applications not available are downloaded and installed. This could be in a manner transparent to the user of the electronic device. If one or more required applications are not available on the electronic device, the device can be functionally disabled in whole, or in part, until one or more required applications are available.


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