# US 2012/0084553 A1 · Transferable device with alterable usage functionality > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2012/0084553 A1 - Document ID: US20120084553A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/200,487 - Filed: 2011-09-22 - Published: 2012-04-05 - Earliest claimed: 2006-06-23 - Assignees: Searete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware - Inventors: Edward K.Y. Jung; Royce A. Levien; Robert W. Lord; Mark A. Malamud; John D. Rinaldo, JR.; Clarence T. Tegreene; Lowell L. Wood, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120084553A1 ## CPC - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - H04M 1/72463: to restrict the functionality of the device - H04M 3/42136: {Administration or customisation of services} - H04M 15/61: {based on the service used} - H04M 15/8088: {involving increased rates, e.g. spam messaging billing differentiation} - H04M 15/886: {limit per terminal} - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04W 12/37: Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - H04M 3/38: Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections (queuing arrangements H04Q3/64) - H04M 2203/053: remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method and device for providing a transferable device with alterable usage functionality includes but is not limited to a method including receiving a request from a user to alter one or more functions of the mobile device, responding to the request from the user by activating a first mode, the first mode to alter the one or more functions on the mobile device, and enabling a remote authentication function to allow the user to remotely alter the first mode to at least a second mode. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A method for shared usage of a mobile device, the method comprising: providing a first mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a first user to have access to certain functional aspects of the mobile device; providing a second mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a second user to have access to a subset of the certain functional aspects; and enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the providing a first mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a first user to have access to certain functional aspects of the mobile device includes: providing a first profile on the mobile device for the first user, the first profile associating the first user to the first mode of operation for the mobile device. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the providing a second mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a second user to have access to a subset of the certain functional aspects includes: providing a second profile on the mobile device for the second user, the second profile accessible by the first user and the second user, the second profile aspects. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation includes: responding to the user-actuated transfer via one or more of a network connection, a key sequence entered on the mobile device, a voice activated mode change request, and an internet request. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation includes: identifying a current user of the mobile device as the first user; and determining an available second mode of operation in response to receiving a request for the user-actuated transfer. ### Claim at position 7 -28. (canceled) ### Claim at position 8 -38. (canceled) ### Claim at position 9 -44. (canceled) ### Claim 45 A system for shared usage of a mobile device, the system comprising: circuitry for providing a first mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a first user to have access to certain functional aspects of the mobile device; circuitry for providing a second mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a second user to have access to a subset of the certain functional aspects; and circuitry for enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation. ### Claim 46 (depends on 45) The system of claim 45 wherein the circuitry for providing a first mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a first user to have access to certain functional aspects of the mobile device includes: circuitry for providing a first profile on the mobile device for the first user, the first profile associating the first user to the first mode of operation for the mobile device. ### Claim 47 (depends on 45) The system of claim 45 wherein the circuitry for providing a second mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a second user to have access to a subset of the certain functional aspects includes: circuitry for providing a second profile on the mobile device for the second user, the second profile accessible by the first user and the second user, the second profile editable only by the first user to provide the subset of the certain functional aspects. ### Claim 48 (depends on 45) The system of claim 45 wherein the circuitry for enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation includes: circuitry for responding to the user-actuated transfer via one or more of a network connection, a key sequence entered on the mobile device, a voice activated mode change request, and an internet request. ### Claim 49 (depends on 45) The system of claim 45 wherein the circuitry for enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation includes: circuitry for identifying a current user of the mobile device as the first user; and circuitry for determining an available second mode of operation in response to receiving a request for the user-actuated transfer. ### Claim 50 A program product comprising: at least one of a machine, composition of matter, or article of manufacture including a signal bearing medium bearing one or more instructions related to: providing a first mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a first user to have access to certain functional aspects of the mobile device; providing a second mode of operation for the mobile device to enable a second user to have access to a subset of the certain functional aspects; and enabling a user-actuated transfer from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation.