Network support for blocked dialing at vehicular high speed
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal having a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit and a dialing disable unit;
a GPS module in a wireless telecommunications network having an input to receive GPS location data from the mobile terminal;
a blocking module operatively coupled to the GPS module; and
the blocking module having an output that provides a dialing disable/enable signal to the dialing disable unit in the mobile terminal as a function of the received GPS data.
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Abstract
An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal having a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit and a dialing disable unit; a GPS module in a wireless telecommunications network having an input to receive GPS location data from the mobile terminal; a blocking module operatively coupled to the GPS module; and the blocking module having an output that provides a dialing disable/enable signal to the dialing disable unit in the mobile terminal as a function of the received GPS data.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal having a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit and a dialing disable unit;
a GPS module in a wireless telecommunications network having an input to receive GPS location data from the mobile terminal;
a blocking module operatively coupled to the GPS module; and
the blocking module having an output that provides a dialing disable/enable signal to the dialing disable unit in the mobile terminal as a function of the received GPS data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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using GPS (Global Positioning System) location data to calculate an average speed during the interval of a moving mobile terminal; and
disabling a dialing capability of the mobile terminal when a speed of the mobile terminal exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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transmitting GPS (Global Positioning System) location data from a mobile terminal to a telecommunications network;
calculating a speed of the mobile terminal based on received GPS location data from the mobile terminal;
comparing the calculated speed to a threshold; and
disabling a dialing capability of the mobile terminal when the calculated speed exceeds the threshold, and enabling the dialing capability of the mobile terminal when the calculated speed is reduced below the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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