METHODS OF CONFIGURING AND USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
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Abstract
A method of controlling access to a movable container, the method comprising controllably locking the container using an electronically actuated locking mechanism; storing in a memory a desired geographical location; determining the geographical location of the container; and enabling the locking mechanism to unlock the container if the determined geographical location matches the desired geographical location. A secure cargo transportation system comprises a vehicle including an enclosure having an opening; a door movable relative to the opening between a closed position, wherein the door restricts access to the enclosure, and an open position: an electronically actuable lock configured to selectively lock or unlock the door relative to the enclosure; a memory supported by the vehicle and configured to store a location coordinate; and a global positioning system supported by the vehicle and coupled to the memory and to the lock, and configured to enable the lock to unlock the door if the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the location coordinate.
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45 Claims
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26. A method of operating a wireless communications device comprising a processing unit, a first antenna, and a second antenna, the method comprising:
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configuring a cellular receiver communicatively coupled to the processing unit and the first antenna to perform wireless communications via the first antenna using a first protocol; and configuring an identification device, communicatively coupled to the second antenna and the processing unit, to perform wireless communications via the second antenna by modulating a radio frequency (RF) field using a second protocol, the second protocol being different than the first protocol; wherein, in accordance with the second protocol, the identification device uses a unique indicia as an identifier. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of enabling wireless transactions by a user communications device having a processing apparatus, an identification apparatus, and a location-determining apparatus, the method comprising:
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configuring the communication device to provide data related to a current location of the communications device using the location determining apparatus; enabling wireless communications between the device and a cellular communications network via a first wireless communication apparatus coupled to the processing apparatus; and configuring the communications device to communicate a unique identifier via a second wireless communication apparatus, the second wireless communication apparatus communicatively coupled to the processing apparatus and capable of modulating a radio frequency (RF) field provided by a remote interrogation apparatus; wherein; the location determining apparatus comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver communicatively coupled to the processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of configuring a portable wireless communications device having a processing apparatus, an identification apparatus, and a location-determining apparatus, the method comprising:
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configuring the communication device to provide data related to a current location of the communications device using the location determining apparatus and a global positioning system (GPS); coupling a first wireless communication subsystem to a first antenna and the processing apparatus; enabling wireless communications between the communication device and a cellular communications network via the first antenna; operably coupling a second wireless subsystem. comprising the identification apparatus coupled to a second antenna, to the processing apparatus; and configuring the identification apparatus to generate a random number and to wirelessly communicate via the second antenna the random number as an identifier associated with the communications device by modulating a radio frequency (RF) field; wherein the second wireless subsystem is selectively switchable between transmitting in a passive mode and transmitting in an active mode. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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