System, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, geographic data for a privacy zone;
in response to receiving the geographic data for the privacy zone, providing instructions to a device to populate a list of current mobile devices available in a marketplace and an associated list of features of the list of the current mobile devices available in the marketplace, wherein the device comprises a database;
upon determining that a mobile device is in the list of current mobile devices and is located within a boundary of the privacy zone, determining, by the server, that a first disabled feature for the privacy zone is within the list of features; and
providing an indication to disable the first disabled feature for the privacy zone, wherein the indication to disabled the first disabled feature comprises an alert signal.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone are described herein. The available features that a user of a mobile device may use are controlled while the mobile device is located in a define privacy zone. Once a mobile device is detected in the define privacy zone, a database is accessed to determine if the mobile device has the features available that are to be disabled. If the features are available, a disable signal is sent via the communications network to the mobile device and the feature is disabled. Once the mobile device is detected to be outside of the defined privacy zone, the previously disabled mobile device feature is enabled.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, geographic data for a privacy zone; in response to receiving the geographic data for the privacy zone, providing instructions to a device to populate a list of current mobile devices available in a marketplace and an associated list of features of the list of the current mobile devices available in the marketplace, wherein the device comprises a database; upon determining that a mobile device is in the list of current mobile devices and is located within a boundary of the privacy zone, determining, by the server, that a first disabled feature for the privacy zone is within the list of features; and providing an indication to disable the first disabled feature for the privacy zone, wherein the indication to disabled the first disabled feature comprises an alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tangible computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
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receiving, by a server, geographic data for a privacy zone; in response to receiving the geographic data for the privacy zone, providing instructions to a device to populate a list of current mobile devices available in a marketplace and an associated list of features of the list of the current mobile devices available in the marketplace wherein the device comprises a database; upon determining that a mobile device is in the list of current mobile devices and is located within a boundary of the privacy zone, determining, by the server, that a first disabled feature for the privacy zone is within the list of features; and providing an indication to disable the first disabled feature for the privacy zone, wherein the indication to disable the first disabled feature comprises an alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising; receiving, by a server, geographic data for a privacy zone; in response to receiving the geographic data for the privacy zone, providing instructions to a device to populate a list of current mobile devices available in a marketplace and an associated list of features of the list of the current mobile devices available in the marketplace, wherein the device comprises a database; upon determining that a mobile device is in the list of current mobile devices and is located within a boundary of the privacy zone, determining, by the server, that a first disabled feature for the privacy zone is within the list of features; and providing an indication to disable the first disabled feature for the privacy zone, wherein the indication to disable the first disabled feature comprises an alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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