Patent ID: 8588764

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a radio transceiver to communicatively couple the mobile communication device to a radio access network by a wireless communication link; a memory; a processor; and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, builds a communication history of the mobile communication device, wherein the communication history comprises communication usage of the mobile communication device, analyzes the communication history of the mobile communication device to determine a pattern of communication usage expectations of the mobile communication device, monitors recent communication usage of the mobile communication device, compares the recent communication usage of the mobile communication device to the pattern of communication usage expectations of the mobile communication device, and when the recent communication usage of the mobile communication device differs from the pattern of communication usage expectations of the mobile communication device by more than a predefined threshold beyond the pattern of communication usage expectations, blocks at least one attempt to initiate communication by an identified application on the mobile communication device by disabling the identified application.