Patent ID: 7710289

Claim:
A communication apparatus with a general mode and an anti-theft mode, wherein in the general mode, all functions of the communications apparatus are in a normal state; the communication apparatus comprising: an input unit for generating an operational signal in response to an operational input; a CPU for receiving an anti-theft mode signal and setting the communication apparatus in an anti-theft mode, and disabling voice and message communication functions of the communication apparatus, while the other functions are still in the normal state, the operational signal received from the input unit is a communication operational signal, and the communication apparatus is in the anti-theft mode; and a data storage for storing a prerecorded voice file or a prerecorded message file; wherein, the CPU obtains the prerecorded voice file from the data storage and sends the prerecorded voice file to a general communication apparatus when the communication operational signal is a voice communication signal in the anti-theft mode; and the CPU obtains the prerecorded message file from the data storage and sends the prerecorded message file to a general communication apparatus when the communication operational signal is a message communication signal in the anti-theft mode.