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International one-way recorded transmitter over a cellular network

  • US 10,728,375 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2020
  • Issued: 07/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-based method for configuring a bi-directional communications device as a one-way transmitter (mobile bug), the method comprising:

  • provisioning, by a server, a virtual address as a receiving address;

    generating, by the server, without user input as to a personal identification number (PIN), the PIN for registering a bi-directional communications device as a mobile bug, the generated PIN stored in association with the receiving address, the generated PIN being unique to the bi-directional communications device relative to other PINs generated for other bi-directional communications devices;

    receiving, by the server, a registration request to register the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug, the request comprising the PIN and a transmitting address of the bi-directional communications device;

    in response to receiving the registration request, registering the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug by associating, based on the PIN in the registration request, the transmitting address included in the registration request with the receiving address;

    receiving, by the server, an activation request comprising the transmitting address; and

    in response to receiving the activation request, transmitting, by the server, instructions for establishing a connection to the mobile bug through the receiving address to permit monitoring of the mobile bug.

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