Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Remotely Controlling Wireless Terminals
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1. A method of remotely controlling wireless terminals comprising:
- identifying a wireless terminal that is located at a premises located equipment;
setting at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located, by a party associated with the premises and/or by a party associated with the wireless terminal;
authenticating the party associated with the premises by the wireless terminal;
obtaining the at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located;
determining a class of a message transmitted and a location of the wireless terminal within the premises; and
disabling and/or enabling selected operations of the wireless terminal as a function of the determining and that was identified in response to the at least one operational authorization rule that was obtained for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located.
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Wireless terminals are remotely controlled by identifying a wireless terminal that is located at a premises and obtaining at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified, and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located. Selected operations of the wireless terminal are disabled and/or enabled in response to the at least one operational authorization rule that was obtained for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of remotely controlling wireless terminals comprising:
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identifying a wireless terminal that is located at a premises located equipment; setting at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located, by a party associated with the premises and/or by a party associated with the wireless terminal; authenticating the party associated with the premises by the wireless terminal; obtaining the at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located; determining a class of a message transmitted and a location of the wireless terminal within the premises; and disabling and/or enabling selected operations of the wireless terminal as a function of the determining and that was identified in response to the at least one operational authorization rule that was obtained for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system of remotely controlling wireless terminals comprising:
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a rules database that is configured to store therein operational authorization rules for wireless terminals as a function of a plurality of premises at which the wireless terminals may be located; a proximity detector located at a premises that is configured to identify at least one wireless terminal that is located at the premises; and a monitoring system that is responsive to the proximity detector and to the rules database and that is configured to disable and/or enable selected operations of the at least one wireless terminal that is located at the premises in response to at least one operational authorization rule for the at least one wireless terminal that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located by a party associated with the premises and/or by a party associated with the wireless terminal, the monitoring system further configured to; authenticate the party associated with the premises by the wireless terminal before any operations of the wireless terminal are disabled and/or enabled, determine a time of day, a class of message transmitted to or from the wireless terminal, and a class of the user of the wireless terminal; and disable and/or enable the selected operations of the at least one wireless terminal based on the determining of the monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of remotely controlling wireless terminals comprising:
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identifying a wireless terminal that is located at a premises located equipment; setting at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located; authenticating the party associated with the premises by the wireless terminal; obtaining the at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located; determining message, user and premises-specific characteristics; and disabling and/or enabling at least one selected operation of the wireless terminal as a function of the determining and that was identified in response to the at least one operational authorization rule that was obtained for the wireless terminal that was identified and that applies to the premises at which the wireless terminal is located.
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