Patent ID: 8245066

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first signal that instructs the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, wherein, in the limited functionality mode, one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled; identifying one or more tasks currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities; determining a time delay based on one or more of: (i) one or more characteristics of the one or more identified tasks currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities, or (ii) transmission bandwidth associated with the one or more transmission functionalities; determining whether the portable electronic device has received a second signal that instructs the portable electronic device to immediately enter the limited functionality mode; and in response to receiving the first signal, entering the limited functionality mode after: the one or more tasks that use the one or more transmission functionalities have been completed; (ii) the time delay has expired; or (iii) the second signal is determined to have been received.