Patent ID: 9553969
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of executing an action on a mobile communications device based on a received password, comprising: identifying, at the mobile communications device, wherein the mobile communications device comprises a radio transceiver, (i) a correspondence between a first password and a first action, (ii) a correspondence between a second password and a second action, and (iii) a correspondence between a third password and a third action; wherein the first action is to unlock the mobile communications device; wherein the second action comprises one of: sending false information to a display of the mobile communications device, indicating that a user interface of the mobile communications device has failed, or sending a distress signal via the radio transceiver to a public safety answering point; and wherein the third action comprises deleting at least a portion of information stored on the mobile communications device; receiving, at the mobile communications device, a password which is one of the first password, the second password, or the third password; searching for a degree within the received password, the degree being a string that does not exist in a stored authentic password associated with the mobile communications device; and executing, at the mobile communications device, the action corresponding to the received password.