Hand-held cellular telephone system with location transmission inhibit
First Claim
1. A monitoring and control system for cellular telephone transmission for inhibiting transmissions with a cell phone in a on-the-highway location, said cell phone communicating with a cell tower including a base station having a communications server, said cell phone having a main microprocessor, an operator touch pad connected to input to said main microprocessor, a protocol encoder/decoder circuit connected to said main processor, a modem connected to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit, and a transceiver connected to said modem, comprising:
- a high definition GPS location receiver circuit connected to receive satellite GPS information through said cell phone antenna, and connected to said main processor for providing GPS location data of said cell phone to said main processor;
a hands-free adaptor (HFA) connected to input to said main processor, said input providing operation signals to said main processor;
a cell unit GPS location data line from said main processor to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit;
a HFA presence bit line from said main process to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit, said bit being “
high”
when said hands-free adaptor is connected and operational;
a transmission data line from said main processor to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit;
wherein said encoder/decoder formats the request for transmission call to a cell tower, said request including cell phone GPS location data and a HFA presence indicator bit; and
detection software resident in the communications server for said cell tower being requested for transmission, said software interrogating said cell phone transmission request, including the reading of said cell phone GPS location information and said cell phone HFA bit information, said software inhibiting further transmission with said cell phone when said cell phone is at an on-the-highway location without HFA presence.
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Abstract
A digital cellular telephone circuit contains a GPS (Global Positioning System) location circuit, which generates a location code indication signal transmitted to a cellular signal processing station communication server at a local cell base station, when a transmission (telephone call) is placed or received by a cellular user. A program on the server interrogates appropriate ones of various stored databases which contain location information for cell transmission inhibit. Monitoring and control software in the communications server compares the cellular telephone'"'"'s GPS location against the stored databases of transmission inhibit locations. Such inhibit locations may include GPS highways locations, restricted commerce GPS locations, restricted activity selection, and others. If location or activity transmission inhibit data is found, the control software looks for the presence of an override signal bit. A rejection tone or message may be sent when calls are rejected. If the cellular telephone has been connected in an override state as a result of a special predetermined condition, i.e., a hands-free communication, or a “911” emergency call or medical alert is being placed, the cellular unit transmits an indicator signal which causes a by-pass of the inhibit function.
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20 Claims
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1. A monitoring and control system for cellular telephone transmission for inhibiting transmissions with a cell phone in a on-the-highway location, said cell phone communicating with a cell tower including a base station having a communications server, said cell phone having a main microprocessor, an operator touch pad connected to input to said main microprocessor, a protocol encoder/decoder circuit connected to said main processor, a modem connected to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit, and a transceiver connected to said modem, comprising:
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a high definition GPS location receiver circuit connected to receive satellite GPS information through said cell phone antenna, and connected to said main processor for providing GPS location data of said cell phone to said main processor;
a hands-free adaptor (HFA) connected to input to said main processor, said input providing operation signals to said main processor;
a cell unit GPS location data line from said main processor to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit;
a HFA presence bit line from said main process to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit, said bit being “
high”
when said hands-free adaptor is connected and operational;
a transmission data line from said main processor to said protocol encoder/decoder circuit;
wherein said encoder/decoder formats the request for transmission call to a cell tower, said request including cell phone GPS location data and a HFA presence indicator bit; and
detection software resident in the communications server for said cell tower being requested for transmission, said software interrogating said cell phone transmission request, including the reading of said cell phone GPS location information and said cell phone HFA bit information, said software inhibiting further transmission with said cell phone when said cell phone is at an on-the-highway location without HFA presence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A monitoring and control system for a cellular telephone network which inhibits transmission as a function of cellular user location, said cellular telephone network including a base station in wired communication with a cell tower and in wired communications with a land line network, said cell tower being in wireless communication with a cellular telephone, a communications server resident at said base station for processing communications, including an interface circuit connecting said communications server to said cell tower;
- and wherein said cellular telephone has a main microprocessor, a protocol encoder/decoder circuit connected to said main processor, a modem connected to said main microprocessor, and a transceiver connected to said modem, said transceiver being capable of receiving global position system (GPS) signals, and said microprocessor being capable of encoding said GPS information into the routing header of a cellular transmission request, comprising;
a high definition GPS circuit connected to said cellular telephone main microprocessor for calculating said cellular telephone ground position from said received GPS signals to within 10-20 feet of error;
a monitoring and control circuit at said base station and interposed between said communications server and said server to said cell tower interface for inhibiting cell phone transmissions and initiating an inhibit announcement; and
a plurality of database storage each containing different types of data denoting GPS position for cell phone transmission inhibit, said database storage each being connected to said monitoring and control circuit;
wherein when a cell transmission request is received by said interface circuit to said communications server, said monitoring and control circuit compares the cell user location with each of said databases in turn, if a matched location is found, said monitoring and control circuit inhibits said cell phone transmission to said communications server and initiates an inhibit message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- and wherein said cellular telephone has a main microprocessor, a protocol encoder/decoder circuit connected to said main processor, a modem connected to said main microprocessor, and a transceiver connected to said modem, said transceiver being capable of receiving global position system (GPS) signals, and said microprocessor being capable of encoding said GPS information into the routing header of a cellular transmission request, comprising;
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16. A method of inhibiting transmissions with a cell phone in a prohibited situation in an existing cellular telephone transmission system, where each cell phone has GPS position signal reception and high definition location calculation, with a programmed monitoring and control circuit interposed before a base station communications server to interrupt cell phone transmissions to or from said base station communications server, comprising the steps of:
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placing said cell phone GPS location in the transmission request header format;
storing data of prohibited situations for said cell phone transmission;
intercepting each transmission request to and from said cell phone and comparing said cell phone header to said stored prohibited situation data; and
inhibiting transmission with said cell phone if said prohibited situation data is matched.
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