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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
Q. James HU, Sammamish, WA (US);
Justin Mcnamara, Atlanta, GA (US);
Dewayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, WA (US);
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
Q. James Hu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Justin McNamara, Atlanta, GA (US);
DeWayne Allan Sennett, Redmond, WA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone are described herein. The available features that a user of a mobile device may use are controlled while the mobile device is located in a define privacy zone. Once a mobile device is detected in the define privacy zone, a database is accessed to determine if the mobile device has the features available that are to be disabled. If the features are available, a disable signal is sent via the communications network to the mobile device and the feature is disabled. Once the mobile device is detected to be outside of the defined privacy zone, the previously disabled mobile device feature is enabled.