Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone
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Application No.: US14673528Application Date: 2015-03-30
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Publication No.: US09615203B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Venson Shaw , Qingmin Hu , Justin Allan McNamara , DeWayne Allan Sennett
- Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: H04M3/00
- IPC: H04M3/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W48/04 ; H04W12/02 ; H04W8/18

Abstract:
A system, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone are described herein. The available features that a user of a mobile device may use are controlled while the mobile device is located in a define privacy zone. Once a mobile device is detected in the define privacy zone, a database is accessed to determine if the mobile device has the features available that are to be disabled. If the features are available, a disable signal is sent via the communications network to the mobile device and the feature is disabled. Once the mobile device is detected to be outside of the defined privacy zone, the previously disabled mobile device feature is enabled.
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