System and method for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area

A method of limiting mobile device functionality in a fixed geographic area in which it is desired to limit or control the use of a mobile device when the mobile device is located within said fixed geographic area comprising:

• providing a disabling device capable of transmitting a disabling signal, said disabling signal being effective within said fixed geographic area, and not being effective outside the fixed geographic area;
• transmitting said disabling signal within said fixed geographic area;
• receiving said disabling signal by a mobile device comprising a Device Owner Application, said mobile device receiving said disabling signal as long as the mobile device is located within the fixed geographic area;
• limiting the functionality of the mobile device by the Device Owner Application as long as the mobile device is located within the fixed geographic area;
• wherein said Device Owner Application is defined as an application that cannot be disabled by a user unless a hardware reset of the mobile device is performed.

A method of limiting mobile device functionality in a fixed geographic area in which it is desired to limit or control the use of a mobile device comprising:

• polling, at the mobile device, for a disabling signal from a disabling device;
• receiving, at said mobile device, a disabling signal from said disabling device when said mobile device is located in said fixed geographic area;
• altering, by a Device Owner Application on the mobile device, the mobile device's system configuration responsive to the disabling signal;
• polling for the disabling signal;
• and
• restoring the mobile device's system configuration responsive to not receiving the disabling signal after a pre-determined amount of time;
• wherein said Device Owner Application is defined as an application that cannot be disabled by a user unless a hardware reset of the mobile device is performed.