System and apparatus for managing access to wireless communication devices while present within a specified physical area
First Claim
1. A system for managing the access and services provided to wireless communications terminals, comprising:
- a) at least one location detection system, b) an access and service policy management system c) zero or more transaction and information processing systems and d) at least one wireless network connection controller.
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented by which mobile communications services are managed, based upon the location of the mobile communications device within absolute three dimensional area or locale, as determined by the legal managers or owners of that locale. The locale may be subdivided into sub-areas or zones, which may be overlapping. The management services include: management of mobile devices such that specific features of the device may be enabled, disabled or otherwise actively manged while within the zone as well as the provision of alternative network services while the device is within the zone; transaction services provided to the user of the device due to its presence within the zone; information services provided to the user of the device due to its presence within the zone.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for managing the access and services provided to wireless communications terminals, comprising:
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a) at least one location detection system, b) an access and service policy management system c) zero or more transaction and information processing systems and d) at least one wireless network connection controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus, the locale policy manager, comprising:
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a) the means to set up communications links with the location detection systems of a locale;
b) the means to communicate with the location detection systems of a locale;
c) the means to configure the locale rule base;
d) the means to query the locale rule base;
e) the means to formulate actions to be taken to manage the access and services to a wireless communications terminal based on events received from a location detection system and the rules to be applied based on those events;
f) the means to set up a communications link with at least one carrier policy manager;
g) the means to communicate the events and actions derived from those events to at least one carrier policy manager.
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30. An apparatus, the carrier policy manager, comprising:
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a) the means to configure the a carrier locale configured rule base;
b) the means to configure a carrier configured rule base;
c) the means to query the carrier locale configured rule base;
d) the means to query the carrier configured rule base;
e) the means to set up a communications link with a carrier mobile switching center;
f) the means to communicate actions to be taken to the carrier mobile switching center;
g) the means to set up a communications link with a transaction and information processing system;
h) the means to communicate actions to be taken to the transaction and information processing system;
i) the means to formulate actions to be taken to manage the access and services to a wireless communications terminal based on events received from at least one location detection system and the rules, as provided by a carrier configured rule base and a carrier locale configured rule base, to be applied based on those events;
j) the means to formulate actions to be taken to manage the access and services to a wireless communications terminal based on events and actions received from at least one locale policy manager and the rules, as provided by a carrier configured rule base and a carrier locale configured rule base, to be applied based on those events.
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31. An apparatus, the transaction and information processor, comprising:
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a) the means to set up a communications link with a carrier policy manager or a locale policy manager;
b) the means to accept request actions to be taken from a carrier policy manager or a locale policy manager;
c) the means to execute information or transaction actions with respect to a wireless terminal;
d) the means to return response events to the requesting policy manager;
e) the means to execute information dialogs, based on received request actions, with a specified terminal where such dialogs may include, but are not limited to interactive voice response scripts, text or multimedia message dialogs, f) the means to perform transaction processing due to a requested action specifying the identification of the wireless terminal and the locale and zone in which it present, g) the means to execute any combination of functions a) to f).
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