US 12,147,797 B2
Centralized client application management
Roy Leon Camp, San Jose, CA (US); Gireesh Sreepathi, San Jose, CA (US); Hui Chen, San Jose, CA (US); and Frederick van Voorden, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,883.
Application 17/686,883 is a continuation of application No. 16/821,631, filed on Mar. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,294,659.
Application 16/821,631 is a continuation of application No. 14/950,012, filed on Nov. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,649,756, issued on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/085,136, filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0188094 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 8/60 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a management device over a network, a client state from a mobile device remotely located from the management device, the client state comprising information about a particular application currently enabled on the mobile device;
generating, by one or more hardware processors of the management device, a first instruction for the mobile device, wherein the first instruction comprises an instruction to the mobile device to prevent user interaction with a user interface of the particular application;
communicating the first instruction from the management device over the network to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device performs the first instruction to prevent user interaction with the user interface of the particular application; and
communicating a second instruction to automatically adjust a setting on the mobile device, wherein the setting relates to a feature of the particular application on the mobile device.