Patent ID: 7206567

Claim:
A method of limiting communication capabilities in a mobile communication device which operates in a wireless communication network for communications comprising at least one of user-initiated voice calls and user-initiated data messages via the wireless communication network, the method comprising: detecting whether a predetermined temperature condition exists at the mobile communication device; receiving, through a user interface of the mobile communication device, a user-initiated communication request for establishing a voice call or sending a user data message through the wireless communication network; identifying, at the mobile communication device, whether the user-initiated communication request is for one of a non-emergency communication and an emergency communication; if the user-initiated communication request is for the non-emergency communication, refraining from allowing the non-emergency communication through the wireless communication network based on detecting the predetermined temperature condition; and if the user-initiated communication request is for the emergency communication, allowing the emergency communication through the wireless communication network despite the existence of the predetermined temperature condition.