Patent ID: 7853271

Claim:
A method for enhancing the use of location tracking in a wireless communication device that provides location tracking functionality and the option for a user to disable the location tracking function, comprising: periodically tracking the location of the wireless communication device using a location sensing component within the wireless communication device; determining that a user of the wireless communication device has disabled the location tracking function; accessing a rule associated with the wireless communication device; determining that disabling the location tracking function violates the rule if a priority of a current work assignment of the user is higher than a pre-set priority, if a status of the user is below a pre-set status, or if the current work assignment of the user is past due; and disabling at least one function of the wireless communication device when it is determined that disabling the location tracking function violates the rule, wherein the at least one function is different than the location tracking function and operates independently of the tracked location.