Method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus

• US 20060099940A1
• Filed: 11/10/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Pfleging, Gerald W., Wilkin, George Paul, Pfleging, Rachel M.
• Application Number:
  US10/985,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20060099940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2005 Temporarily overriding a service configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus based upon the velocity of the mobile apparatus. The communication system determines the velocity of a mobile apparatus by calculating the difference between a first position of a mobile apparatus at a first time and a second position of the mobile apparatus at a second time. If the velocity of the mobile apparatus exceeds a predetermined threshold, the communication system changes the status of the mobile apparatus to a sleep state and ends a call that the mobile apparatus is involved in.

Claims

1. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus, the method comprising:

determining a first position of a mobile apparatus at a first time;

determining a second position of the mobile apparatus at a second time;

calculating the velocity of the mobile apparatus based at least in part upon the difference between the second position and the first position and the difference between the second time and the first time; and

changing the status of the mobile apparatus if the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold.

2. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mobile apparatus is involved in a call, the method further comprising the step of ending the call if the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold.

3. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mobile apparatus is involved in a call, the method further comprising the step of placing the call on hold if the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold.

4. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 3, the method further comprising the step of resuming the call after the velocity of the mobile apparatus drops below the predetermined threshold.

5. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step of changing the status of the mobile apparatus comprises the step of disabling the mobile apparatus.

6. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step of determining the first position of the mobile apparatus comprises utilizing a Global Positioning System (GPS).

7. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step of determining the first position of the mobile apparatus comprises utilizing a triangulation technique.

8. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step of changing the status of the mobile apparatus comprises setting the mobile apparatus to hibernate mode.

9. A method for changing the status of a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 1, the method further comprising the step of, prior to changing the status of the mobile apparatus, presenting an alert on the mobile apparatus.

10. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus comprising:

determining the speed of a mobile apparatus; and

disabling the mobile apparatus if the speed exceeds a predetermined threshold.

11. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the mobile apparatus is involved in a call, the method further comprising the step of ending the call if the speed exceeds a predetermined threshold.

12. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 11, the method further comprising the step of resuming the call after the velocity of the mobile apparatus drops below the predetermined threshold.

13. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 10, the method further comprising the step of overriding the disabling of the mobile apparatus.

14. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus, the method comprising:

determining if there is a velocity restriction for a mobile apparatus;

determining the velocity of the mobile apparatus; and

disabling the mobile apparatus if there is a velocity restriction for the mobile apparatus and the velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold.

15. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein the step of determining if there is a velocity restriction for the mobile apparatus comprises determining if there is a velocity restriction for the mobile apparatus upon power up of the mobile apparatus.

16. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, the method further comprising the step of allowing the mobile apparatus to perform the functions of the mobile apparatus if the mobile apparatus does not have a velocity restriction.

17. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, the method further comprising the step of overriding the disabling of the mobile apparatus.

18. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein the step of disabling the mobile apparatus comprises powering down the mobile apparatus.

19. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein the step of disabling the mobile apparatus comprises setting the mobile apparatus to hibernate mode.

20. A method for disabling a mobile apparatus based on the velocity of the mobile apparatus in accordance with claim 14, the method further comprising the step of, prior to disabling the mobile apparatus, presenting an alert on the mobile apparatus.