| US 7,522,915 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus to facilitate alternative modes of operation for a portable communication device | ||
| Yi Q. Li, Skokie, Ill. (US); Ezzat Dabbish, Cary, Ill. (US); Thomas S. Messerges, Schaumburg, Ill. (US); and Larry C. Puhl, West Dundee, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/62,642. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0189304 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—418 [455/556.2; 455/552.1; 455/572; 455/67.11; 455/67.13] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
providing a portable communication device that includes a communications platform having wireless communications functionality
and additional functionality other than wireless communications functionality;
providing a first mode of operation wherein use of the wireless communications functionality and the additional functionality
is not precluded;
providing a second mode of operation wherein at least some use of the wireless communications functionality is not precluded
and at least some use of the additional functionality is precluded;
automatically determining to use the second mode of operation upon detecting a condition of concern with respect to an operating
integrity of the communications platform while using the first mode of operation, wherein detecting a condition of concern
and automatically determining to use the second mode of operation are done internal to the portable communication device;
wherein detecting a condition of concern further comprises detecting at least one of:
an occurrence of at least one operational fault;
at least a predetermined number of faulty boot sessions;
a memory abnormality; and
abnormal execution behavior inducible by at least one of a virus and a virus-like program.
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