Patent ID: 8373538

Claim:
A method for unauthorized surreptitiously monitoring and, optionally, surreptitiously controlling, a remote computer controlled wireless communication device, comprising installing without authorization computer program instructions configured to enable at least one of an unauthorized surreptitious monitoring, unauthorized surreptitious controlling, or unauthorized surreptitious communications function on said remote computer controlled wireless communication device such that said computer program instructions are installed and accepted by said computer controlled wireless communication device as if authorized and the user of said device is unaware of said installing without authorization, said computer program instructions including instructions for at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a module component configured to surreptitiously monitor at least one aspect of the operation of said remote wireless computer controlled communication device; a module component configured to surreptitiously control at least one aspect of the operation of said remote wireless computer controlled communication device; a module component configured to store information that has been gathered surreptitiously from said remote computer controlled wireless communication device; a selective router component configured to surreptitiously monitor and manage communications of said remote wireless computer controlled communication device; and a control component configured to manage surreptitious deployment and operation of the components of said monitored device client.