Patent ID: 8078143
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless handset that is remotely accessed, said handset comprising: a user interface resident on the wireless handset, the user interface configured to enable the wireless handset to be remotely controlled with a remote lock password; a handset memory configured to store the remote lock password; a processor adapted to receive a remote lock message from another electronic device that remotely accesses the wireless handset, the remote lock message comprising a received password and a target phone number; a software module that first matches the received password with the remote lock password and then: sends at least one call to the target phone number, wherein the software module is configured to forward at least one received call to the target phone number by rerouting a received call in progress to the target phone number; transfer at least one outgoing call to the target phone number; and wherein the software module modifies the user interface to indicate that outgoing calls are transferred to the target phone number.