A method for monitoring use of a mobile device comprising: registering a mobile device with a monitoring application running on a system coupled with a network and remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one user-selectable disabled operational mode that prevents the use of at least one communication feature of the mobile device, wherein the at least one user-selectable disabled operational mode includes at least one of an Airplane mode, a Do Not Disturb mode and an OFF mode; linking the mobile device with the monitoring application through the network; linking the mobile device with at least one beacon device (220, 222, 224) through the monitoring application; detecting a beacon device (220, 222, 224) at a location with the mobile device and, upon detecting the beacon device (220, 222, 224), instructing a user of the mobile device to change the operational mode of the mobile device to a particular disabled operational mode; monitoring, at the mobile device, an operational status of the mobile device that was previously placed in a disabled operational mode selected from an Airplane mode, a Do Not Disturb mode and an OFF mode and detecting if the device user has engaged a user interface of the device and taken the device out of the previously selected disabled operational mode for restoring at least one communication feature of the mobile device; capturing time stamp and date information of when the mobile device had been placed in the disabled operational mode and capturing time stamp and date information of when the mobile device was taken out of the disabled operational mode; reporting a change in the operational status of the mobile device to the monitoring application including the selected disabled operational mode and time stamp and date information that reflects the detection of when the mobile device entered and exited the selected disabled operational mode for reporting a duration of the mobile device in the disabled operational mode; reporting the beacon detection event to the monitoring application; and displaying the operational status change and time information including the time that the mobile device entered the disabled operational mode, the time the mobile device subsequently exited the disabled operational mode and the beacon detection event in a graphical interface associated with the monitoring application of the system. registering a mobile device with a monitoring application running on a system coupled with a network and remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one user-selectable disabled operational mode that prevents the use of at least one communication feature of the mobile device, wherein the at least one user-selectable disabled operational mode includes at least one of an Airplane mode, a Do Not Disturb mode and an OFF mode; linking the mobile device with the monitoring application through the network; linking the mobile device with at least one beacon device (220, 222, 224) through the monitoring application; detecting a beacon device (220, 222, 224) at a location with the mobile device and, upon detecting the beacon device (220, 222, 224), instructing a user of the mobile device to change the operational mode of the mobile device to a particular disabled operational mode; monitoring, at the mobile device, an operational status of the mobile device that was previously placed in a disabled operational mode selected from an Airplane mode, a Do Not Disturb mode and an OFF mode and detecting if the device user has engaged a user interface of the device and taken the device out of the previously selected disabled operational mode for restoring at least one communication feature of the mobile device; capturing time stamp and date information of when the mobile device had been placed in the disabled operational mode and capturing time stamp and date information of when the mobile device was taken out of the disabled operational mode; reporting a change in the operational status of the mobile device to the monitoring application including the selected disabled operational mode and time stamp and date information that reflects the detection of when the mobile device entered and exited the selected disabled operational mode for reporting a duration of the mobile device in the disabled operational mode; reporting the beacon detection event to the monitoring application; and displaying the operational status change and time information including the time that the mobile device entered the disabled operational mode, the time the mobile device subsequently exited the disabled operational mode and the beacon detection event in a graphical interface associated with the monitoring application of the system.