Crisis response system including cell jamming device

• US 8,055,276 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kevin L. Otto
• Original Assignee: Kevin L. Otto
• Inventors: Otto, Kevin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pérez-Gutiérrez; Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kirk; Lameka J.
• Application Number:
  US11/532,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20100255771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,880 Days
• Field of Search: 455/1, 455/404.1, 455/450, 340/521, 340/540, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/16 for telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/226 Selection of non-jammed channel for communication spectrum sharing arrangements H04W16/14; selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/28 with jamming and anti-jamming mechanisms both included in a same device or system, e.g. wherein anti-jamming includes prevention of undesired self-jamming resulting from jamming
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/41 characterized by the control of the jamming activation or deactivation time control of jamming activation and deactivation time only for the purpose of alternating between jamming mode and target monitoring mode H04K3/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/42 characterized by the control of the jamming frequency or wavelength

Abstract

A crisis response system including a throw module and a command unit connected by a communication cable. The throw module includes at least one covert video camera hidden from view. The covert video camera provides a video signal to the command unit showing the current conditions that exist in the immediate area surrounding the throw module. The throw module further includes a covert microphone hidden within the throw module that transmits an audio signal including the sounds occurring the immediate vicinity of the throw module. The crisis response system includes a cellular phone jamming circuit contained within the throw module that is selectively activated by a switch contained on the command unit. The cellular phone jamming circuit prevents cellular communication within a prescribed radius surrounding the throw phone.

Claims

1. A crisis response system comprising:

a throw module including a handset and a first communication device;

a command unit in communication with the handset of the throw module, the command unit including a second communication device such that the first communication device communicates with the second communication device; and

a cellular phone jamming circuit covertly concealed within the throw module, the cellular phone jamming circuit being selectively and remotely activated from the command unit to transmit at least one jamming signal at a first jamming frequency upon remote activation to disrupt cellular communication on the first jamming frequency within an effective radius surrounding the throw module while simultaneously allowing communication between the first and second communication devices during activation of the cellular phone jamming circuit.

2. The crisis response system of claim 1 further comprising a communication cable connected between the throw module and the command unit such that the first communication device communicates to the second communication device through the communication cable.

3. The crisis response system of claim 2 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit receives power from the command unit through the communication cable.

4. The crisis response system of claim 1 wherein the first communication device is a first wireless transceiver and the second communication device is a second wireless transceiver such that the throw module communicates with the command unit using wireless communication over a transmission frequency.

5. The crisis response system of claim 4 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit is operable to prevent cellular communication on at least the first jamming frequency, where the first jamming frequency is different from the transmission frequency.

6. The crisis response system of claim 5 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit transmits a second jamming signal at a second jamming frequency different from both the first jamming frequency and the transmission frequency to prevent cellular communication over the first and second jamming frequencies while allowing communication over the transmission frequency.

7. The crisis response system of claim 6 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit prevents communication at 800 MHz and 1,900 MHz.

8. The crisis response system of claim 4 wherein the throw module includes a self-contained power supply.

9. The crisis response system of claim 1 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit prevents cellular communication over at least two separate jamming frequencies.

10. The crisis response system of claim 9 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit prevent communication at 800 MHz and 1,900 MHz.

11. A crisis response system comprising:

a throw module including a handset;

a command unit in communication with the throw module; and

a cellular phone jamming circuit covertly concealed within the throw module, the cellular phone jamming circuit being selectively and remotely activatable from the command unit to transmit at least one jamming signal at a first jamming frequency upon remote activation to disrupt cellular communication on the first jamming frequency within an effective radius surrounding the throw module while simultaneously allowing communication between the first and second communication devices during activation of the cellular phone jamming circuit.

12. The crisis response system of claim 11 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit transmits a second jamming signal at a second jamming frequency to prevent cellular communication over at least two separate jamming frequencies.

13. The crisis response system of claim 12 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit prevents communication at 800 MHz and 1,900 MHz.

14. The crisis response system of claim 11 wherein the throw module is connected to the command unit by a communication cable such that the throw module communicates with the command unit through the communications cable.

15. The crisis response system of claim 11 wherein the throw module includes a first wireless transceiver and the command unit includes a second wireless transceiver such that the throw module communicates with the command unit using wireless communication over a transmission frequency.

16. The crisis response system of claim 15 wherein the cellular phone jamming circuit is operable to prevent cellular communication on at least two separate jamming frequencies, wherein the at least two separate jamming frequencies are different from the transmission frequency.