Systems and methods for controlling operation of a mobile station

A mobile station comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code executable by the processor to:
• process and store selective availability attributes received from a central server, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the mobile station under a plurality of conditions at least partially in response to the target mobile station being enabled;
• transmit a message to the central server indicating whether the selective availability attributes have been successfully downloaded to the mobile station;
• and
• transmit a communication to the central server indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.

A method of remotely controlling availability of features on a mobile station comprising:

• authenticating a requesting party accessing a computer server from a remote communication system;
• receiving selective availability attributes for a target mobile station from the requesting party, wherein the requesting party is not a user of the target mobile station, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the target mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the target mobile station under a plurality of conditions at least partially in response to the target mobile station being enabled;
• in response to a determination that the target mobile station is operational downloading the selective availability attributes to the target mobile station;
• and
• transmitting an alert message to the requesting party in response to receiving a communication from the target mobile station indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.

A method of remotely controlling availability of features on a mobile station comprising:

• receiving and storing selective availability attributes in a mobile station, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the mobile station when the target mobile station is enabled, wherein the availability attributes are generated by a requesting party and the availability attributes cannot be modified or deleted by the user of the mobile station;
• transmitting a message to a server indicating whether the selective availability attributes have been successfully downloaded to the mobile station;
• and
• transmitting a communication to the server indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.

A computer server for remotely controlling availability of features on a mobile station comprising:

• means for authenticating a requesting party accessing a computer server from a remote communication system;
• means for receiving selective availability attributes for a target mobile station from the requesting party, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the target mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the target mobile station under a plurality of conditions at least partially in response to the target mobile station being enabled means for downloading the selective availability attributes to the target mobile station;
• and
• means for providing an alert message to the requesting party in response to receiving a communication from the target mobile station indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.

A mobile station comprising:

• means for receiving and storing selective availability attributes in a mobile station from a server, the selective availability attributes indicating conditions under which the mobile station is enabled or disabled to operate, and features that are available on the mobile station under a plurality of conditions when the target mobile station is enabled;
• means for transmitting a message to the server indicating whether the selective availability attributes have been successfully downloaded to the mobile station;
• and
• means for transmitting a communication to the server indicating that a detected condition of the target mobile station contravenes an expected condition of the mobile station, the expected condition of the mobile device being based, at least in part, on at least one of the selective availability attributes as downloaded.