Controlling wireless mobile communications device transmitter for EM-sensitive environments
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a wireless mobile communications device having transmit capability, a first receive capablility, and a second receive capability independent of said first receive capability, said method comprising:
- receiving a command message at the mobile communications device, said command message from a first wireless communications system responsible for a geographic area comprising an EM-sensitive environment to mobile communications devices operating in said area instructing said mobile communications devices to disable their respective transmit and first receive capabilities; and
automatically disabling said transmit capability and said first receive capability of said mobile communications device without user intervention in response to said receiving said command message.
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Abstract
An approach to managing a mobile communications device automatically disables the transmitter upon entry into an EM-sensitive environment. A wireless communications system responsible for a geographic area that includes a sensitive EM environment transmits a command message that instructs at least the mobile communications device entering the sensitive area to disable its transmitter. In response to the command message, the mobile communications device disables its transmitter and one of its two receivers or the mobile communications device disables its transmitter, but no receivers. In either case, the mobile communications device may still receive paging messages via the independent second receiver associated with a pager function and/or the primary receiver. The user may either be required to manually re-enable the transmitter, or the transmitter may be automatically re-enabled when the mobile communications device leaves the sensitive EM environment.
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1. A method of controlling a wireless mobile communications device having transmit capability, a first receive capablility, and a second receive capability independent of said first receive capability, said method comprising:
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receiving a command message at the mobile communications device, said command message from a first wireless communications system responsible for a geographic area comprising an EM-sensitive environment to mobile communications devices operating in said area instructing said mobile communications devices to disable their respective transmit and first receive capabilities; and
automatically disabling said transmit capability and said first receive capability of said mobile communications device without user intervention in response to said receiving said command message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling a wireless mobile communications device, comprising:
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registering a first wireless mobile communications device with a first wireless communications system responsible for a geographic area comprising a sensitive EM environment;
said first wireless mobile communications device having at least a transmitter;
transmitting a command message by said first wireless communications system to one or more mobile communications devices operating in said area, including said first mobile communications device, instructing said mobile communications devices to disable their respective transmitters;
receiving said command message at said first mobile communications device and automatically disabling said mobile communications device'"'"'s transmitter without user intervention in response thereto; and
thereafter, receiving a paging message directed to said mobile communications device from said first wireless communications system at said mobile communications device while said transmitter is disabled. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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