Validation of Service Management Requests of a Mobile Device in a Geographically Bounded Space

A mobile device including at least one application, said mobile device comprising:

• a communications component, said communications component receives a request to disable the at least one application and a certificate, the certificate defining a geographic area in which the at least one application is to be disabled;
• a location component connected to said communications component, said location component determines the geographic location of the mobile device;
• a processor connected to said location component, said processor compares the geographic location of the mobile device to the geographic area defined in the certificate to determine whether the geographic location of the mobile device is within the geographic area, said processor validates the certificate to determine whether the certificate is listed in a registry of valid certificates;
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• a controller connected to said processor, said controller rejects the request to disable the application when the certificate is not listed in a registry of valid certificates.

A system for disabling an application in a mobile device, said system comprising:

• a communications component, said communications component receives a request to disable the application and a certificate, the certificate defining a geographic area in which the application is to be disabled;
• a location component connected to said communications component, said location component determines the geographic location of the mobile device;
• a processor connected to said location component, said processor compares the geographic location of the mobile device to the geographic area defined in the certificate to determine whether the geographic location of the mobile device is within the geographic area, said processor validates the certificate to determine whether the request to disable the application is authorized;
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• a controller connected to said processor, said controller disables the application remotely when the request to disable the application is authorized and when the geographic location of the mobile device is within the geographic area.

A computer program product for disabling at least one application in a mobile device, said computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive a request to disable the at least one application and a certificate, the certificate defining a geographic area in which the at least one application is to be disabled;
• second program instructions to determine the geographic location of the mobile device;
• third program instructions to compare the geographic location of the mobile device to the geographic area defined in the certificate to determine whether the geographic location of the mobile device is within the geographic area;
• fourth program instructions to validate the certificate to determine whether the request to disable the at least one application is authorized;
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• fifth program instructions to disable the at least one application when the certificate is valid and when the geographic location of the mobile device is within the geographic area.
• wherein said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, said fourth program instructions, and said fifth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.