Patent ID: 7218912

Claim:
A computer based method of controlling the use of a wireless device comprising the steps of: creating in a database a supervisory account having a supervisory account identifier associated with said supervisory account, said supervisory account including information pertaining to the use of at least one wireless device including said wireless device, said information being protected by a password and, at least some of said information being modifiable by an administrator of said supervisory account having access to said password; storing in said supervisory account in association with said supervisory account identifier in response to a request by said administrator, a wireless device identifier associated with said wireless device and at least one modifiable restriction governing the use of said wireless device; storing in said database in association with said supervisory account identifier, a code value corresponding to a cut-through code, wherein said code-value is useable by said administrator to permit said administrator to establish communication with said wireless device at a time when the use of said wireless device is restricted; receiving an indication of an intended communication from a communication device to said wireless device; determining whether said intended communication violates said at least one restriction governing the use of said wireless device prior to connection of said communication between said communication device and said wireless device; in the event said determining step indicates that the connection of said intended communication violates said at least one restriction and an input value corresponding to said stored code value is not received from said communication device within a predetermined time interval, generating a control message of a first type to prevent said communication from proceeding; and in the event said determining step indicates that the connection of said intended communication would violate said at least one restriction pertaining to the use of said wireless device and said input value corresponding to said code value is received from said communication device within said predetermined time interval, generating a control message of a second type to allow said communication to be proceed.