Mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion
US10674432B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system (10) and method (30) comprises a detector that is configured to enable a mode of a first device (14) and/or to enable a mode of a second device (15) responsive to a detection that a proximity criterion is satisfied between the first device and an entity (Entity 1) and responsive to at least one of a position, velocity and a Time-of-Day and where the second device is not the entity and is not associated with the entity, and where the entity is not involved in providing a communications service to the first and/or second device.
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