Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Thomas Michael Koch

Raymond Emilio Reeves

Mark Douglas Peden

Gary Koller

Simon Youngs

Systems and methods provide for triggering an action based on detection of one or more user devices. One or more signals from at least one user device are detected by at least one sensor in a target area. A sensor can be in operable communication with a location server to which the signals are relayed. Based on the signals detected, a determination is made as to whether the one or more signals exceed a predetermined threshold for signal strength in the target area. Based on a set of signals exceeding the predetermined threshold for signal strength, the location server triggers an action that corresponds to the target area.

Triggering an action based on device presence

A communication control system to control access to a wireless communication device comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to receive access information for the wireless communication device indicating a user interface access level and a user notice, and receive an access request to access a disabled user interface of the wireless communication device. The processing system is configured to authenticate and authorize the access request, and in response to authenticating and authorizing the access request, generate user interface control data that indicates the user interface access level and the user notice for the wireless communication device. The communication transceiver is configured to transfer the user interface control data for delivery to the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device enables the user interface at the user interface access level and graphically displays the user notice responsive to the user interface control data.

Remotely enabling a disabled user interface of a wireless communication device

An electronic device. The device comprises a rewritable radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag to store an identification number and to transmit the identification number via a radio transmitter, an RFID writer, configured to write an identification number into the RFID tag based on selection by a controller, and a memory storing identification selection rules and a list of identities of RFID interrogators. The device further comprises a controller, configured to read the identity of the RFID interrogator from the RFID reader, analyze the identification selection rules and the list of identities of the RFID interrogators in the memory, select an identification number for the RFID tag based on the list of identities of the RFID interrogators, the identification selection rules stored in the memory, and the identity of the RFID interrogator, and command the RFID writer to write the selected identification number into the RFID tag.

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Thomas Michael Koch