System and Method for Handling Restoration Operations on Mobile Devices
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMichael K. Brown, Neil P. Adams, Michael S. Brown, Jonathan F. Hammell, Michael G. Kirkup, Herbert A. Little
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Abstract
Systems and methods for handling restoration operations for a mobile device. A mobile device receives a kill pill command, wherein the command causes some or all data on the mobile device to be wiped. An indicator is stored to indicate that the kill pill command was sent to the mobile device. The indicator is used to determine whether a program should be wiped from the mobile device.
Claims20
A method for handling removal of applications on a mobile device, comprising:
- starting synchronization after detecting a connection originating from a host;
- detecting a flag in non-volatile memory that a data wipe has occurred;
- determining which applications are to be removed based on the presence of the flag;
- and
- removing any application from the device that is one of the determined applications.
A method for handling removal of applications and data on a mobile device, comprising:
- starting synchronization after detecting a connection originating from a host;
- detecting a flag in non-volatile memory that a kill pill has previously been received;
- determining if any data wipe operations are needed based on the presence of the flag;
- determining which applications are to be removed based on the presence of the flag;
- and
- removing any application from the device that is one of the determined applications, and,
- conducting a data wipe operation as determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.