PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to said processor and storing location criteria;
a wireless mobile telephone transceiver communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to provide communications via a mobile telephone network;
a location module communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to determine a location of the mobile telephone; and
wherein said processor is configured to determine whether a location of the mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria; and
to cause said transceiver to wirelessly transmit a notification if the location of mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria.
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Abstract
A device and method of providing wireless communications is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes storing location criteria in a memory, determining a location of the device, determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria, and wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network if the location of mobile communication device substantially corresponds to the location criteria. In addition, the location criteria may include information of a communication device and the determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria may comprise determining that the mobile communication device is within a proximity of the communication device. The method may include monitoring one or more uses of the device and wirelessly transmitting use data via the wireless data network.
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30 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone, comprising:
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a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to said processor and storing location criteria;
a wireless mobile telephone transceiver communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to provide communications via a mobile telephone network;
a location module communicatively coupled to said processor and configured to determine a location of the mobile telephone; and
wherein said processor is configured to determine whether a location of the mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria; and
to cause said transceiver to wirelessly transmit a notification if the location of mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the location criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29)
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16. A method of using a mobile communication device configured to communicate via a wireless data network, comprising:
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storing location criteria in a memory;
determining a location of the device;
determining whether a location of the device substantially corresponds to the location criteria; and
wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network if the location of mobile communication device substantially corresponds to the location criteria. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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30. A method of using a mobile telephone configured to communicate via a wireless data network, comprising:
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storing a restricted location and a restricted use in a memory;
determining a location of the device;
determining whether a location of the telephone substantially corresponds to the restricted location;
wirelessly transmitting a notification via the wireless data network when the location of mobile telephone substantially corresponds to the restricted location;
determining whether an attempted use corresponds to the restricted use; and
prohibiting the attempted use if the attempted use corresponds to the restricted use.
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