SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF MOBILE PHONE USAGE
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1. A system comprising:
- a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes at least one processor;
a plurality of spaced apart detection systems operative to respectively detect mobile phone signals transmitted in a respective location adjacent each of the respective detection systems, wherein each detection system includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor of each detection system is responsive at least in part to a detection of a mobile phone signal transmitted from a location adjacent the detection system to communicate the detection of the mobile phone signal to the monitoring system, wherein the at least one processor of the monitoring system is operative to determine data corresponding to the respective locations associated with each detection system communicating a detection of a mobile phone signal, wherein the at least one processor of the monitoring system is operative to cause an output through at least one output device, indicative of each determined respective location of a respective detection of a mobile phone signal.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automated detection of mobile phone usage includes a detection system operative to detect a mobile phone signal transmitted from a mobile phone from a building or other location. Responsive to the detection, the detection system is operative communicate data representative of the detection to a monitoring system. The monitoring system is operative to determine the location of the detection system and cause an output device to output information indicative of the detection and the location of the detection to a user.
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24 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes at least one processor; a plurality of spaced apart detection systems operative to respectively detect mobile phone signals transmitted in a respective location adjacent each of the respective detection systems, wherein each detection system includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor of each detection system is responsive at least in part to a detection of a mobile phone signal transmitted from a location adjacent the detection system to communicate the detection of the mobile phone signal to the monitoring system, wherein the at least one processor of the monitoring system is operative to determine data corresponding to the respective locations associated with each detection system communicating a detection of a mobile phone signal, wherein the at least one processor of the monitoring system is operative to cause an output through at least one output device, indicative of each determined respective location of a respective detection of a mobile phone signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method carried out with a monitoring system in operative communication with a plurality of spaced apart detection systems operative to respectively detect mobile phone signals transmitted in a respective location adjacent each of the respective detection systems, the method comprising:
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a) detecting a mobile phone signal through operation of one of the detection systems; b) through operation of at least one processor included in the detection system in (a) communicating the detection of the mobile phone signal to the monitoring system; c) through operation of at least one processor included in the monitoring system, determining data corresponding to a location associated with the detection system communicating the detection of the mobile phone signal in (b); and d) through operation of the at least one processor included in the monitoring system, causing an output through at least one output device, indicative of the determined location of the detection of the mobile phone signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one detection system operative to detect mobile phone signals transmitted in a location adjacent the at least one detection system, wherein the at least one detection system includes at least one processor; at least one output device spaced apart from the at least one detection system, wherein the at least one output device is operative to emit at least one color of light; wherein the at least one processor of the detection system is responsive at least in part to a detection of a mobile phone signal transmitted from the location adjacent the at least one detection system to cause the at least one output device to emit the at least one color of light. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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