US 12,207,153 B2
System and method for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area
Stephen Nelson Mahar, Portsmouth, NH (US); and Donald Edward Williams, Jr., Cocoa Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Cbros Technologies, LLC, Cocoa Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Cbros Technologies, LLC, Cocoa Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/372,368.
Application 18/372,368 is a continuation of application No. 17/183,307, filed on Feb. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,770,674.
Application 17/183,307 is a continuation of application No. 16/160,175, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,931,816, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Application 16/160,175 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/947,385, filed on Nov. 20, 2015, granted, now 10,104,224, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
Application 14/947,385 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/212,740, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/801,025, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015473 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/724631 (2022.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of limiting mobile device functionality in a fixed geographic area in which it is desired to limit or control the use of a mobile device, comprising:
a Device Owner Application capable of residing on a mobile device capable of receiving a disabling signal, wherein said Device Owner Application is able to alter the mobile device's system configuration responsive to the disabling signal when said mobile device is located within the fixed geographic area;
wherein said Device Owner Application is defined as an application that cannot be disabled by a user unless a hardware reset of the mobile device is performed.