Patent ID: 7711256

Claim:
A method for preventing unauthorized photography utilizing a wireless handheld communication device capable of transmitting and receiving at least voice and data communication wirelessly, said method comprising: providing a handheld communication device capable of transmitting and receiving at least voice and data communication, said device having a body assembly including a front face arranged to be directed toward an operator of the device when held in a text communicating orientation, a display screen and a text-input keyboard each being exposed at the front face of said body assembly, said keyboard comprising a plurality of keys that include a set of alphabetic keys with which one of QWERTY-, QWERTZ-, or AZERTY-arranged alphabetic characters are associated, an integrated camera assembly configured for taking photographs and a steady focus sensor, a time-actuator, and a timer; and permitting a photograph to be taken by an operator of the device in the event the operator has continuously engaged the time-actuator to accumulate a predetermined time of camera-steady-focus and after the predetermined time of camera-steady focus has expired.