System and method for providing product or service with cellular telephone
First Claim
1. A system for providing a product or service using a mobile station, the system comprising:
- a shielding defining a coverage area, said shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of said coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength;
an antenna associated with said defined coverage area;
a transceiver coupled to said antenna and in communication with a cellular network, said transceiver arranged to communicate, via said antenna, with a mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than said pre-determined signal strength, the mobile station arranged to generate a location update request responsive to an antenna portion of the mobile station being inserted within said defined coverage area, said transceiver arranged to transmit the location update request to the cellular network and receive from the cellular network, responsive to the transmitted location update request, a transmitted network authorization symbol arranged to authorize the mobile station to access the cellular network;
a service control unit; and
a service station arranged to provide the product or service responsive to said service control unit,said service control unit arranged to;
snoop the communication between the cellular network and the mobile station;
detect the transmission of the network authorization symbol from the cellular network to the mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area; and
enable said service station to provide said product or service responsive to said snooped detected transmission of the network authorization symbol.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a mobile communication device identifier, constituted of: a shielding defining a coverage area, the shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of the coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength; an antenna associated within the defined coverage area; a transceiver coupled to the antenna, the transceiver operative to communicate with a mobile station inserted within the defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than the pre-determined signal strength; and a service control unit responsive to the transceiver, the service control unit operative responsive to the communication to output a signal indicative of an authorization to provide a product or service.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a product or service using a mobile station, the system comprising:
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a shielding defining a coverage area, said shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of said coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength; an antenna associated with said defined coverage area; a transceiver coupled to said antenna and in communication with a cellular network, said transceiver arranged to communicate, via said antenna, with a mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than said pre-determined signal strength, the mobile station arranged to generate a location update request responsive to an antenna portion of the mobile station being inserted within said defined coverage area, said transceiver arranged to transmit the location update request to the cellular network and receive from the cellular network, responsive to the transmitted location update request, a transmitted network authorization symbol arranged to authorize the mobile station to access the cellular network; a service control unit; and a service station arranged to provide the product or service responsive to said service control unit, said service control unit arranged to; snoop the communication between the cellular network and the mobile station; detect the transmission of the network authorization symbol from the cellular network to the mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area; and enable said service station to provide said product or service responsive to said snooped detected transmission of the network authorization symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile station identifier device, comprising:
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a shielding defining a coverage area, said shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of said coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength; an antenna associated with said defined coverage area; a transceiver coupled to said antenna and in communication with a cellular network, said transceiver arranged to communicate, via said antenna, with a mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than said pre-determined signal strength, the mobile station arranged to generate a location update request responsive to an antenna portion of the mobile device being inserted within said defined coverage area, said transceiver arranged to transmit said location update request to the cellular network and receive from the cellular network, responsive to the transmitted location update request, a transmitted network authorization symbol arranged to authorize the mobile station to access the cellular network; and a service control unit arranged to; snoop the communication between the cellular network and the mobile station; detect the transmission of the network authorization symbol from the cellular network to the mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area; and output a signal indicative of an authorization to provide a product or service responsive to said snooped detected transmission of the network authorization symbol. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing a product or service using a mobile station, the method comprising:
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providing a shielding to define a coverage area, said shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of said coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength; providing a transceiver arranged to communicate with a mobile station whose antenna portion is inserted within said defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than said pre-determined signal strength; performing a mobile station positioning management procedure with the mobile station whose antenna portion is inserted within said defined coverage area, the mobile station generating a location update request responsive to the insertion of the mobile station antenna portion within said defined coverage area, the mobile station positioning management procedure performed in cooperation with a cellular network, the cellular network transmitting a network authorization symbol to the mobile station whose antenna portion is inserted within said defined coverage area via the provided transceiver, the network authorization symbol arranged to authorize the mobile station to access the cellular network; snooping on the communication between the mobile station and the cellular network to detect the transmission of the network authorization symbol; and enabling provision of the product or service responsive to said detected snooped transmission of the network authorization symbol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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