Patent ID: 8478340

Claim:
A method of determining when a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is removed and reinserted into a user-definable electronic device, comprising the steps of: (a) initially inserting the SIM card into the user-definable electronic device; (b) checking for the presence of the SIM card in the user-definable electronic device; (c) if the SIM card is present in the user-definable electronic device then returning to step (b); (d) if the SIM card is not present in the user-definable electronic device then reporting via a communication from the user-definable electronic device to a remote monitor of the user-definable electronic device that the SIM card has been removed; (e) checking for the presence of the SIM card in the user-definable electronic device; (f) if the SIM card is not present in the electronic device then returning, to step (e); and (g) if the SIM card is present in the electronic device then reporting that the SIM card has been reinserted into the electronic device, and returning to step (b).