Patent ID: 7707639

Claim:
A method for handling data restoration operations on a mobile device, comprising: receiving over a wireless communications network a kill pill command; wherein the command causes data on the mobile device to be wiped; and storing an indicator in a non-volatile memory of the mobile device that the kill pill command was sent to the mobile device; wherein a program wipe configuration is provided to the mobile device that indicates which applications are to be wiped from the mobile device; wherein the provided program wipe configuration includes a list that designates specific applications that are to be wiped during a reloading operation and specific applications that are to remain on the mobile device; wherein the provided program wipe configuration is based upon an IT department policy which defines actions to take place on a synchronization that occurs after a kill pill command is sent to the mobile device; wherein upon updating the mobile device after the kill pill command has wiped the data from the mobile device, using the indicator and the provided program wipe configuration to determine whether an application should be wiped from the mobile device.