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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Kumar Sanjeev, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ashwin Kamath, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kumar Sanjeev, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ashwin Kamath, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); G01S 19/27 (2010.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An approach is provided for remotely controlling and/or tracking mobile devices. A request is received to track a mobile device. A control signal is generated, in response to the request, to remotely activate an application on the mobile device for controlling an audio interface or an imaging interface of the mobile device to capture a signal from the audio interface or the imaging interface.