System and method for controlling communication device use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9554190
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13723119

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A computer implemented method is provided including establishing a value corresponding to a particular user of a device, receiving an indication of a triggering condition of the particular user of the device, the triggering condition being enabled by the device or measurable by the device, and determining the triggering condition has been met by the user via the device. The method further includes modifying the value responsive to determining the triggering condition has been met, determining when the value crosses a particular threshold, and disabling an application or a functional component of the device responsive to the value crossing the particular threshold. A system for implementing the method is also provided.

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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE LLC2100 POWELL STREET EMERYVILLE CA 94608

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Hodges, Daniel San Francisco, US 40 1026
Hotes, Scott Berkeley, US 43 1326
Roumeliotis, Tasos Orinda, US 46 980

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