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System and method for limiting a wireless communication device to a specified geographic zone

  • US 8,903,427 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2010
  • Issued: 12/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for maintaining a set of approved acceptable network devices located in a prescribed home zone, the method comprising:

  • initially provisioning a wireless device with a set of approved acceptable network devices located in the prescribed home zone;

    detecting at least one additional network device;

    determining whether the at least one additional detected network device is an acceptable network device, wherein the decision whether the at least one additional detected network device is an acceptable network device is based upon the network device from which the wireless device was last receiving service; and

    adding the at least one additional detected network device deemed acceptable to the set of approved acceptable network devices located in the prescribed home zone,wherein, if the network device from which the wireless device was last receiving service is part of the initially provisioned set of approved acceptable network devices, the additional detected network device is deemed acceptable and added as a neighbor 1 device in the set of approved acceptable network devices.

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