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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Silicon Valley Technology Partners, Saratoga, CA (US);
Douglas James Ricket, Saratoga, CA (US);
Silicon Valley Technology Partners, Saratoga, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods for enabling a disabled mobile device feature are disclosed. According to an embodiment, device information regarding a mobile device is collected. Based on the device information, a search is performed for a set of instructions to enable the device feature. A selected set of instructions is performed on the mobile device, and if execution fails to enable the feature, another set of instructions is selected and performed. The sets of instructions are continually updated and stored based on experience. In an embodiment, the method is performed with a mobile application on a mobile phone. The mobile application includes a user interface to allow the user to access and use disabled or hidden features of the mobile phone.