Patent ID: 8413217

Claim:
A system for remotely controlling availability of features on a mobile station comprising: a computer server to communicate with a plurality of remote computer systems and target mobile stations, the server including a memory device and a processor to access data and logic instructions stored on the memory device; wherein the logic instructions are executable by the processor to: authenticate a requesting party accessing the computer server from one of the remote communication systems; process received selective availability attributes for the selected one of the target mobile stations from the requesting party, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the target mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the target mobile station under a plurality of conditions at least partially in response to the target mobile station being enabled; in response to a determination that the target mobile station is operational, initiate downloading of the selective availability attributes to the target mobile station; and initiate transmission of an alert message to the requesting party in response to receiving a communication from the target mobile station indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.