System and methods for remotely recovering and purging data from a wireless device in a communications network
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1. A mobile handheld wireless device comprising:
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a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprisingreceiving, from a server computer via a network, a message comprising a request to remote recover data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device and further comprising a return address associated with a first device where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, wherein the request, of the message from the server computer, to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device is received by the server computer from a second device of an invoking party, the second device of the invoking party associated with an address, and wherein the return address where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data is different from the address associated with the device of the invoking party and the first device is different from the second device, andin response to the request to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, transmitting the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device to the return address and transmitting an email message to the return address acknowledging that the data has been successfully recovered.
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Abstract
A system and methods are provided for remotely recovering and purging data from a wireless device in a communications network. The system includes a wireless device capable of executing a data recovery/purge application program for receiving a message from a communications device in the network. The application program retrieves the data in the wireless device, purges the data from the wireless device, and sends a return message, including the data retrieved from the wireless device, to the communications device.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile handheld wireless device comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving, from a server computer via a network, a message comprising a request to remote recover data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device and further comprising a return address associated with a first device where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, wherein the request, of the message from the server computer, to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device is received by the server computer from a second device of an invoking party, the second device of the invoking party associated with an address, and wherein the return address where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data is different from the address associated with the device of the invoking party and the first device is different from the second device, and in response to the request to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, transmitting the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device to the return address and transmitting an email message to the return address acknowledging that the data has been successfully recovered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile handheld wireless device comprising a processor, a message from a server computer via a network, the message comprising a request to remote recover data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device and further comprising a return address associated with a first device where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, wherein the request, of the message from the server computer, to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device is received by the server computer from a second device of an invoking party, the second device of the invoking party associated with an address, and wherein the return address is different from the address associated with the device of the invoking party and the first device is different from the second device; and in response to the request to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, transmitting, by the mobile handheld wireless device, the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device to the return address and an email message to the return address acknowledging that the data has been successfully recovered. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile handheld wireless device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a server computer via a network, a message comprising a request to remote recover data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device and further comprising a return address associated with a first device where the mobile handheld wireless device is to send the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, wherein the request, of the message from the server computer, to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device is received by the server computer from a second, device of an invoking party, the second device of the invoking party associated with an address, and wherein the return address is different from the address associated with the device of the invoking party and the first device is different from the second device; and in response to the request to remote recover the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device, transmitting the data stored on the mobile handheld wireless device to the return address and transmitting an email message to the return address acknowledging that the data has been successfully recovered. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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