Secure communication with a traffic control system

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying, by a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, that a mobile device is within a predetermined area;
• sending, by a processor, a tag to the mobile device, wherein the tag includes a public decryption key and an identification number associated with the RFI D device;
• sending, by a processor, a notification to a communicator that the tag has been sent;
• acquiring, by a processor, encrypted configuration information and encrypted state information from the communicator;
• pushing, by a processor, the encrypted configuration information and the encrypted state information to the mobile device;
• generating, by the mobile device, a status report using the encrypted configuration information and the encrypted state information, wherein the mobile device decrypted the configuration information and the state information using the public decryption key;
• presenting, by the mobile device, the status report to a user;
• and
• disabling, in response to generation of the status report, messaging functions of the mobile device for the duration of an indicator associated with the state information.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform operations comprising:
• identifying, by a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, that a mobile device is within a predetermined area;
• sending, by the processor, a tag to the mobile device, wherein the tag includes a public decryption key and an identification number associated with the RFID device;
• sending, by the processor, a notification to a communicator that the tag has been sent;
• acquiring, by the processor, encrypted configuration information and encrypted state information from the communicator;
• and
• pushing, by the processor, the encrypted configuration information and the encrypted state information to the mobile device;
• generating, by the mobile device, a status report using the encrypted configuration information and the encrypted state information, wherein the mobile device decrypted the configuration information and the state information using the public decryption key;
• presenting, by the mobile device, the status report to a user;
• and
• disabling, in response to generation of the status report, messaging functions of the mobile device for the duration of an indicator associated with the state information.