Restoring functionality of a mobile device
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsSenthil Kumar Mulluppadi Velusamy, Kevin Lau
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Abstract
A method and system of restoring a functionality of a mobile user device. A lock screen is displayed on the display of the user device. An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card presently installed in the user device is determined. The IMSI is sent to a Remote Recovery Server (RRS). A message is received from the RRS indicating whether the IMSI is authorized for the user device and whether an account of the user device is replenished at least in part. Upon determining that the IMSI is authorized for the user device and the account of the user device is replenished at least in part, at least one function that was previously restricted is restored.
Claims20
A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a display coupled to the processor;
- a network interface coupled to the processor configured to enable communications via a communication network;
- a storage device for content and programming;
- a program stored in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the user device to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a first account status associated with the user device, the first account status indicating that an account of the user device has not received a payment during a first time period;
- restricting use of one or more features that are accessible via the user device, based at least in part on the first account status;
- presenting a lock screen on the display of the user device indicating that use of the one or more features has been restricted;
- receiving a second account status associated with the user device, the second account status indicating that the account of the user device has received a payment during a second time period;
- determining a most frequently used feature of the one or more features;
- and
- restoring at least the most frequently used feature on the user device, based at least in part on the second account status.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- under one or more processors:
- detecting a first account status associated with a user device, the first account status indicating that an account of the user device has not received a payment during a first time period;
- restricting use of a plurality of features accessible via the user device, based at least in part on an escalating schedule and the first account status;
- detecting a second account status associated with the user device, the second account status indicating that the account of the user device has received at least a partial payment during a second time period;
- and
- restoring at least a most frequently used feature of the plurality of features accessible via the user device, based at least in part on the second account status.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing a set of computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- presenting a lock screen on a display of a user device indicating that use of one or more features that are accessible via the user device have been restricted in response to a first account status of an account associated with the user device;
- receiving a second account status of the account that indicates receipt of at least a partial payment to the account, the second account status occurring at a point in time after the first account status;
- and
- restoring at least one most frequently used feature of the one or more features accessible via the user device, based at least in part on the second account status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.