Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device specific remote disabling of applications
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Application No.: US14861969Application Date: 2015-09-22
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Publication No.: US10257279B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Nadav Naaman
- Applicant: PAYPAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; G06Q20/40 ; G06Q20/36

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to allow a service provider supporting applications running on a client device to remotely disable the applications, features of the applications, or sessions of the applications running on the client device. The service providers may initiate the disable action automatically upon the detection of certain events on or through the client device without requiring user input. The disable action is specific for the client device. In one embodiment, the service provider collects information associated with the application and with the remote client device that runs the application to conduct one or more transactions with the service provider. The service provider determines from the collected information a feature set of the application to disable on the client device. The service provider disabling remotely the feature set of the application on the client device without affecting any other client devices that run the application.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160014208A1 DEVICE SPECIFIC REMOTE DISABLING OF APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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