Download Handset based dynamic parental controls

US 7,869,792 B1
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15. The method of claim 14, further comprising, after
determining that the child mobile station is not permitted to
receive the third inbound call, canceling the third inbound
call.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising, after
determining that the child mobile station is not permitted to
receive the third inbound call, enabling the parent mobile
the child mobile station being operable, in response to user
input, to send to the parent mobile station the request to
retrieve content from the content provider;
the child mobile station further being operable to display
the content if the content is sent to the child mobile
station by the parent mobile station.
13. The system of claim 12, Wherein:
station to connect With the third inbound call.
the child mobile station and the parent mobile station are
operable to communicate With one another through a
protocol selected from the group consisting of a Wireless
local area netWork protocol and a Wireless personal area
17. The method of claim 14 Wherein determining that the
child mobile station is permitted to receive the second
inbound call includes displaying, on the parent mobile sta
tion, information about the second inbound call, and thereaf
netWork protocol; and
Wherein the child mobile station is not operable to commu
ter identifying a user response, the user response being
nicate using a Wireless telecommunication protocol.
14. A method of operating a parent mobile station, Wherein
selected from the group consisting of (i) taking action to
permit the call and (ii) not taking action to cancel the call.
18. The method of claim 14 Wherein determining that the
child mobile station is not permitted to receive the third
the parent mobile station is associated With at least one child
mobile station, the method comprising:
inbound call includes displaying, on the parent mobile sta
receiving, from a Wireless telecommunications netWork, a
tion, information about the third inbound call, and thereafter
plurality of signals identifying inbound calls;
for at least a ?rst one of the inbound calls, determining that
the ?rst inbound call is destined for the parent mobile
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from the group consisting of (i) taking action to cancel the call
and (ii) not taking action to permit the call.
19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
receiving, from the child mobile station, a plurality of
station, and thereafter enabling the parent mobile station
to connect With the ?rst inbound call;
for at least a second one of the inbound calls, determining
that the second inbound call is destined for the child
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for at least a ?rst one of the requests including a ?rst
telephone number, determining that the child mobile
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station, and determining that the child mobile station is
not permitted to receive the third inbound call.
station is permitted to make a ?rst outbound call, and
thereafter routing voice communications betWeen the
child mobile station and a third party at the ?rst tele
phone number; and
tion; and
for at least a third one of the inbound calls, determining that
the third inbound call is destined for the child mobile
requests to make outbound calls, at least some of those
requests including a telephone number;
mobile station, determining that the child mobile station
is permitted to receive the second inbound call, and
thereafter relaying voice communications betWeen the
child mobile station and the Wireless telecommunica
tions netWork, through the parent mobile station, to con
nect the second inbound call With the child mobile sta
identifying a user response, the user response being selected
for at least a second one of the requests including a second
telephone number, determining that the child mobile
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station is not permitted to make a second outbound call.
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