Dead Zone for Wireless Communication Device
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Abstract
I have invented a communication system illustratively comprising: a wireless communication device; a network for controlling wireless communication over said network, said network tracking a location of said wireless communication device based on location data pertaining to said wireless communication device, said network comprising a no communication zone register including a database of predetermined zones in which predetermined communication by, to, or by and to said wireless communication device is to be disabled; wherein when said wireless communication device is in one of said predetermined zones in which communication by, to, or by and to wireless communication device is not permitted, said network disables said predetermined communication by, to, or by and to said wireless communication device. The “dead zones” where the wireless device may be disabled illustratively may include a speeding zone, a hospital zone, a movie theater zone, a church zone, and a performing arts theater zone or be based upon the law of a state on the use of said wireless communication device in a moving vehicle. The device may include GPS acquisition circuitry and the system may use assisted GPS for use in calculating the location of the wireless communication device. On disablement a message may display on the wireless communication device that the wireless communication device is in a “dead zone”. While in the “dead zone”, my invention allows for disablement of voice communication, text messages, emails, and/or data communication. Disablement may occur by service disablement or disablement of the password or keyboard entry feature of the wireless device. “Dead zones” may be determined by default or subscription. My inventive device and method for dead zoning a wireless communication device are also disclosed.
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66 Claims
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34. A communication system comprising:
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a wireless device comprising communication functionality that may be disabled; a network adapted to communicate with the wireless device; a register comprising a database of predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled; the network adapted to detect that the wireless device is within at least one of the predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled and to cause the communication functionality of the wireless device to be disabled upon detecting that the wireless device is within the one of the predetermined zones; wherein the database of predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled includes geographical locations based upon a restriction placed on the communication functionality of the wireless device by a government law or a regulation. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A wireless device comprising:
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a wireless device adapted to communicate with a network and comprising communication functionality that may be disabled; a register comprising a database adapted to store predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled within a predetermined radius within the operation of the wireless device; wherein the wireless device is adapted to detect that the wireless device is within at least one of the predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled and to cause the communication functionality of the wireless device to be disabled upon detecting that the wireless device is within the one of the predetermined zones. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A communication method comprising:
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determining a predetermined radius of operation of the wireless device; determining zones within the predetermined radius of operation of the wireless device in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled; determining whether the wireless device is within one of the predetermined zones in which the communication functionality of the wireless device may be disabled within the predetermined radius of operation of the wireless device; disabling the communication functionality of the wireless device if the wireless device is within the one of the predetermined zones. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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