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 is performed;
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 time of day, an event schedule at the premises, a class of the wireless terminal and a class of the user of the wireless terminal; and
disabling and/or enabling selected operations of the wireless terminal as a function of the determining step 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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Abstract
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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16 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 is performed; 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 time of day, an event schedule at the premises, a class of the wireless terminal and a class of the user of the wireless terminal; and disabling and/or enabling selected operations of the wireless terminal as a function of the determining step 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)
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9. A system of remotely controlling wireless terminals comprising:
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a rules database that is configured to store therein operation authorization rules for wireless terminal as a function 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 response 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 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, an event schedule at the premises, a class of the at least one 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 (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program that is configured to remotely control wireless terminals, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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computer-readable program code that is configured to provide a rules database that is configured to store therein authorization rules for wireless terminals as a function of a plurality of premises at which the wireless terminals may be located; computer-readable program code that is configured to set at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal from the rules database and applies to a corresponding one of the plurality premises and/or party associated with the wireless terminal; computer-readable code operating in premises located equipment that is configured to identify wireless terminals located at the premises; computer-readable program code that is configured to authenticate the premises by the wireless terminal before any operations of the wireless terminal are disabled and/or enabled; computer-readable program code that is configured to authorize the disabling and/or enabling of selected operations of at least one wireless terminal that is located at a premises; computer-readable program code that is configured to determine a time of day, an event schedule at the premises, a class of the wireless terminal and a class of the user of the wireless terminal; and computer-readable program code that is configured to disable and/or enable selected operations of at least one wireless terminal that is located at a premises based on the determining step.
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