Patent ID: 8893957

Claim:
A method of application control for use on an electronic device owned by an owner, the method comprising: storing on the electronic device owner control information used to control operation of the electronic device, wherein the owner control information includes an authorization record and an application identifier for each application allowed to be executed on the electronic device, and wherein insertion of additional owner control information onto the electronic device is restricted; receiving an operation request from an application; determining whether the requested operation is allowed to be performed by the application based upon a particular authorization record and a particular application identifier associated with the application; and allowing the application to perform the requested operation based upon whether the requested operation is determined to be allowed to be performed by the application, wherein the particular authorization record and the particular application identifier are provided by an external source through a wireless communication channel, wherein the owner control information is used to periodically determine whether excluded applications are installed on the electronic device, and wherein the electronic device becomes substantially disabled upon determining an excluded application is installed on the electronic device.