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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Matthew Allen Jones, Bentonville, AR (US);
Daniel R. Shields, Rogers, AR (US);
Marc Ashley Fletter, Bentonville, AR (US);
Nicholaus Adam Jones, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Robert James Taylor, Rogers, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Provided are a system and method for operating a mobile device, comprising: establishing by a locking mechanism at the mobile device that the mobile device is owned or controlled by a retail establishment at which an operator of the mobile device is an agent; searching, by a mobile device, for a signal from a network; authorizing the mobile device to operate in a vicinity of the network when the signal is detected from the network; and inactivating the mobile device or displaying information where the mobile device can operate in response to a failure by the mobile device to detect the signal.