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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 200580012382', 'Application No. 05', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 200580012382', 'Application No. 10']

US8995958B2 - System and method for limiting mobile device functionality - Google Patents
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US8995958B2
US8995958B2 US10/597,862 US59786208A US8995958B2 US 8995958 B2 US8995958 B2 US 8995958B2 US 59786208 A US59786208 A US 59786208A US 8995958 B2 US8995958 B2 US 8995958B2
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US20080233919A1 (en
2004-02-20 Priority to US10/783,617 priority Critical patent/US20050186954A1/en
2005-02-09 Application filed by Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL filed Critical Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL
2005-02-09 Priority to US10/597,862 priority patent/US8995958B2/en
2005-02-09 Priority to PCT/IB2005/000333 priority patent/WO2005084052A1/en
2008-04-28 Assigned to NOKIA CORPORATION reassignment NOKIA CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: KENNEY, THOMAS J.
2008-09-25 Publication of US20080233919A1 publication Critical patent/US20080233919A1/en
2015-03-31 Publication of US8995958B2 publication Critical patent/US8995958B2/en
The instant application is a national phase entry of International Patent Application Number PCT/IP2005/000333, filed on Feb. 9, 2005, which claims priority to and is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/783,617, filed on Feb. 20, 2004 now abandoned.
at least one memory, the at least one memory storing computer program code,
wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured,
with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:
detect a user input comprising an attempt to initiate a communication session from the apparatus;
in response to the detection of the user input comprising an attempt to initiate a communication session from the apparatus, receive a remotely originated request to disable the apparatus;
extract information from the request; and
based on the extracted information, disable at least one functionality of the apparatus.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to activate a pre-programmed security feature in response to the request.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the security feature erases data stored in memory of the apparatus.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request is received via a phone call and wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to verify the request based at least in part on a caller identification associated with the phone call.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request is received as at least one of a one-time transmission, a periodic transmission and a continuous transmission.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to further cause the apparatus to cause transmission of a return signal, the return signal indicating disablement of the least one functionality of the apparatus.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to disable at least one functionality of the apparatus by performing one or more of a keypad lock, a voice lock, a screen blank-out, limiting access to memory of the apparatus, and a deletion of memory of the apparatus.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are further configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to determine a tracking function to activate based at least in part on the extracted information and wherein the determined tracking function employs one or more of a global positioning system, a homing beacon and an audio alarm.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further operable to, based on the extracted information, perform remote storage of data stored within the mobile device's memory.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises one of a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone and a desktop computer.
detecting a user input comprising an attempt to initiate a communication session from an apparatus;
in response to the detection of the user input comprising an attempt to initiate a communication session from the apparatus, receiving a remotely originated request to disable at least one functionality of a mobile device;
extracting information from the request; and
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising authenticating the request with a mobile device owner.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the extracted information comprises information configured to cause the mobile device to disable at least one functionality via at least one of the mobile device's internal security features.
14. The method claim 13, wherein the mobile device's internal security features comprise one or more of blanking a screen, locking a keypad, locking a microphone, disabling access to mobile device memory, or deleting mobile device memory.
15. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a tracking function to activate based at least in part on the extracted information and wherein the determined tracking function employs one or more of a global positioning system, a homing beacon and an audio alarm.
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