SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE POLICY ENFORCEMENT

摘要

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for vehicle policy management and enforcement. In certain embodiments, a method for enforcing a policy may include receiving policy information at a device including one or more conditions relating to a policy-managed location in a vehicle. A determination may be made whether the device is within the policy-managed location based on signals received by a short-range communication system included in the device and/or the vehicle. The received policy information may be evaluated to determine and implement one or more device actions associated with the one or more conditions.

主权项

1. A method for securely managing the use of an electronic device in a policy managed location, the steps comprising:
receiving a first policy at a first electronic device from a first party, said first policy specifying one or more actions to be performed by the first device in response to detecting that it is located in a policy-managed location, said policy further including a secure policy validation code to authenticate a message associated with said policy managed location; wirelessly receiving short range communication signals from an apparatus in proximity to the first device, said signals being operable to determine the location of the first device relative to a policy managed location within or near the apparatus; determining if the first device is located in a policy managed location at least in part based on said signals; receiving a message from the apparatus; authenticating said message at least in part using the secure policy validation code; and initiating said one or more actions if it is determined that the first device is in a policy managed location and the message authentication is successful.