Patent ID: 6771954
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of remotely switching an operation mode of a portable wireless communication terminal via a wireless network, comprising:inputting mode switch parameters including a time period and a predetermined number of terminations to a first communication terminal, said first communication terminal being portable, wireless, and initially in a normal operation mode and later in a lost mode if the portable wireless communication terminal is misplaced; storing the mode switch parameters in the first communication terminal; attempting to connect to the first communication terminal from a second communication terminal when a predetermined event occurs; determining whether or not the same one of the second communication terminal has attempted to connect to the first communication terminal for the predetermined number of the terminations without an off-hook at the first communication terminal within the time period allowed between every two consecutive ones of the terminations; and switching an operation mode of the first communication terminal from the normal operation mode to the lost mode in response to said determining.