US 12,382,242 B2
System and method for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area
Stephen Nelson Mahar, Eliot, ME (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 Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,097.
Application 17/893,097 is a continuation of application No. 17/232,126, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,425,238.
Application 17/232,126 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/183,307, filed on Feb. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,770,674.
Application 17/893,097 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/183,307, filed on Feb. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,770,674.
Application 17/232,126 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/056164, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Application PCT/US2019/056164 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/160,175, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,931,816, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
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 2022/0407956 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
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)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for limiting mobile device or computer functionality in a fixed geographic area in which it is desired to limit or control the use of a mobile device, comprising:
a mobile device comprising:
a receiver for receiving a geolocation signal from at least one satellite-based geolocation transmitter;
a processor and non-transitory computer readable and executable instructions for determining the mobile device location by processing the geolocation signal from the at least one geolocation signal transmitter;
a transceiver for communicating with at least one system administrator computer; and
a Device Owner Application, wherein said Device Owner Application is adapted to alter the mobile device's system configuration in response to receiving system configuration instructions from said at least one system administrative computer;
wherein said mobile device is adapted to receive said geolocation signal, determine the current geographic location of the mobile device, transmit the current geographic location of the mobile device to said at least one system administrator, and receive system configuration instructions for altering the mobile device's system configuration from said at least one system administrator computer in response to the current geographic location of the mobile device in relation to said fixed geographic area.