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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Uniloc 2017 Llc, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig S. Etchegoyen, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Dono Harjanto, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Sean D. Burdick, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Uniloc 2017 LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for implementing zone-restricted behavior of a computing device includes identifying wireless access points using the computing device, determining a number of authorized wireless access points from the wireless access points identified by the computing device, determining that the computing device is located within a restricted access zone when the number of authorized wireless access points identified by the computing device exceeds a predetermined threshold of authorized wireless access points identified, and enabling a zone mode of the computing device when the computing device is determined to be located within the restricted access zone.


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