Patent ID: 8756669

Claim:
A mobile communications device comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to: activate a security mode of the mobile communications device; pursuant to activation of the security mode, disable a first class of features of the mobile communications device, the first class of features including video and voice recording features, cellular transmission features, and features that facilitate storing or communicating new data by the mobile communications device, wherein new data is defined as any information that is neither stored on the mobile communications device prior to activation of the security mode nor independently generated by the communications device to enable tracking of the mobile communications device, and wherein at least some features of the mobile communications device remain enabled after activation of the security mode; determine whether data stored on the mobile communications device has been altered since activation of the security mode; and deactivate the security mode of the mobile communications device when the data stored on the mobile communications device has not been altered since activation of the security mode.