Patent ID: 8472923

Claim:
Method for placing and receiving calls between a mobile device controlled by a first party and a wireless network, the mobile device containing control logic, and a monitor device remotely connected to the wireless network, the method comprising: a) entering a dialed call address in the mobile device, b) using the control logic comparing the dialed call address to a dialed call address list stored in the mobile device, c) placing a call only when the dialed call address is on the stored dialed call address list, d) entering a received call address in the mobile device, e) using the control logic comparing the received call address to a received call address list stored in the mobile device, f) timing the duration of the calls placed to generate a total call duration, when the total call duration reaches a predetermined value, g) blocking a call when the received call address is not on the stored received call address list, h) placing a call over the wireless network between the mobile device and the a remote monitor, i) receiving by the remote monitor a request from the first party to amend a call address list, j) sending from the remote monitor to the mobile device over the wireless network a message to amend the call list, k) using the control logic in the mobile device to authenticate the message, and, if authenticated, to amend the call list.