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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);
Sandra L. True, St. Charles, IL (US);
David S. Benco, Winfield, IL (US);
Sanjeev Mahajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Baoling S. Sheen, Naperville, IL (US);
Sandra L. True, St. Charles, IL (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus in one example has: a predetermined location having at least a wireless communication device, the wireless communication device having a predetermined coverage area; a mobile terminal that communicates with the wireless communication device when the mobile terminal is within the predetermined coverage area; the mobile terminal having a camera and a functionality that selectively disables and enables the camera; and the wireless communication device having a functionality that causes the mobile terminal to disable the camera when the mobile terminal is within the predetermined coverage area, and wherein the mobile terminal effects an enabling of the camera when the mobile terminal leaves the predetermined coverage area.