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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas L. Adams, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy P. Schroeder, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Adams, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy P. Schroeder, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A feature for a mobile station, wireless network, and method of operating a wireless network for locating a misplaced mobile station and preventing its unauthorized use. The wireless network including a base station. The network and base station transmit a misplaced mobile station signal to a mobile station, causing a misplaced mobile station to ring at high volume, display a text message, emit an audio message, and deactivate normal mobile station functions.