Patent ID: 8522355

Claim:
A method of forcing a mobile device into a secure state, the method comprising: in response to a request received from a software application to obtain a content protection ticket, a hardware processor issuing the content protection ticket if the mobile device is unlocked, and deferring issuance of the content protection ticket if the mobile device is locked; the hardware processor determining that the mobile device is to be placed into the secure state; in response to determining that the mobile device is to be placed into the secure state, the hardware processor revoking all content protection tickets previously obtained by the software application and unreferencing sensitive objects referenced by the software application, wherein revoking the content protection tickets prevents the software application from accessing sensitive data associated with the sensitive objects; and in response to revoking all content protection tickets for the software application, the hardware processor deleting the sensitive data associated with the sensitive objects by wiping the sensitive data associated with the sensitive objects from memory to render the sensitive data unreadable.