Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for interlocking communication and tracking applications in a wireless communication device
- Patent Title (中): 用于在无线通信设备中互锁通信和跟踪应用的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12942868Application Date: 2010-11-09
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Publication No.: US08396488B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: Thomas F. Doyle
- Applicant: Thomas F. Doyle
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
A wireless communication device transmits location information associated with a mobile worker, and provides an option to the mobile worker to disable such location transmissions. The use of the location transmission function is enhanced by interlocking the location tracking function with one or more other functions of the wireless communication device. When the tracking function is disabled, one or more other functions that the mobile worker finds valuable are also disabled, thus reducing the likelihood that the mobile worker will disable location tracking. Rules may be implemented to disable the other functions only in the event that disabling the tracking function violates a violated. Location monitoring for such workers is thereby enhanced.
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