System and method for location-based security
First Claim
1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon;
a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device; and
an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal,wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device, enable access to at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disable access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, andwherein the proximity signal stored in the second memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader.
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Abstract
A mobile computing device, including: a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon; a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device; and an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal, wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device, control at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader.
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25 Claims
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1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon; a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device; and an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal, wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device, enable access to at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disable access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and wherein the proximity signal stored in the second memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling at least one operation of a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a transceiver of an RFID component, a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader; storing the proximity signal in a first memory device of the RFID component; and executing, by a first hardware processor of the mobile computing device, first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded on a second memory device of the mobile computing device, the executed instructions enabling access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabling access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, wherein the proximity signal stored in the first memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a hardware processor of a mobile computing device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for controlling at least one operation of the mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a proximity signal from a transceiver of an RFID component communicatively connected to the mobile computing device, the transceiver receiving the proximity signal when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of at least one RFID reader; storing the received proximity signal in a memory device of the mobile computing device; and executing, by the hardware processor of the mobile computing device, the instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of the mobile computing device, the executed instructions enabling the at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabling access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, wherein the proximity signal stored in the memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader, and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a hardware processor located in an RFID component communicatively connected to a mobile computing device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for controlling at least one operation of the mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a transceiver of the RFID component, a proximity signal when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of at least one RFID reader; storing the proximity signal in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of the RFID component, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of the RFID component having a control policy for the mobile computing device, the control policy including identifications of operations of the mobile computing device which are performable based on the received proximity signal; comparing the proximity signal to the control policy, determining which operations of the mobile computing device are permitted to be performed based on the comparison, and generating an operation signal identifying the operations of the mobile computing device which are determined to be performable; transmitting the operation signal, to a second hardware processor of the mobile computing device, to enable access to at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the operation signal transmitted to the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader; and disabling access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader.
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