ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,973, issued on May 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Devices with profile-based operating mode controls" was invented by Sam Gharabally (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (e.g., a phone) can be provided by an entity (e.g., a business) to a user (e.g., an employee). The device includes a profile manager that allows the user to configure a personal profile comprising any of applications, settings, and stored data. The device is also configurable with an entity profile determined by the entity that may include applications, settings, and stored data. The user can select from operating modes compris...