System and method for restricting wireless communication
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsBilhan Kirbas, Maria-Ellen Christy
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Abstract
A system and a method for restricting wireless communication are provided. A wireless communications device stores a list of geographic characteristics such as, for example, area codes representing either area codes to which calls are only allowed or area codes to which calls are not allowed. If the stored area codes are area codes to which calls are only allowed, then the wireless communications device only allows calls to one of the stored area codes. If the stored area codes are area codes to which calls are not allowed, then the wireless communications device does not allow calls to any of the stored area codes.
Claims12
A method for restricting wireless communication, comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of geographic characteristics in a wireless communications device;
- inputting a phone number into the wireless communications device;
- determining a particular geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number;
- comparing the determined geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number with each of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics;
- and
- placing a phone call to the inputted phone number if the determined geographic characteristic matches any of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics.
A method for restricting wireless communication, comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of geographic characteristics in the wireless communications device;
- inputting a phone number into a wireless communications device;
- determining a particular geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number;
- comparing the determined geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number with each of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics;
- and
- placing a phone call to the inputted phone number if the determined geographic characteristic does not match any of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics.
A method for restricting wireless communication, comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of authorized area codes in a wireless communications device;
- inputting a phone number into the wireless communications device;
- determining the particular area code of the inputted phone number;
- and
- placing a phone call to the inputted phone number if the determined area code matches any of the authorized area codes stored in the wireless communications device.
A system for restricting wireless communication, comprising:
- means for storing a plurality of geographic characteristics in a wireless communications device;
- means for inputting a phone number into the wireless communications device;
- means for determining a particular geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number;
- means for comparing the determined geographic characteristic of the inputted phone number with each of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics;
- and
- means for placing a phone call to the inputted phone number if the determined geographic characteristic matches any of the plurality of stored geographic characteristics.
A wireless communications device, comprising:
- means for storing a plurality of authorized area codes in the wireless communications device;
- means for inputting a phone number into the wireless communications device;
- means for determining the particular area code of the inputted phone number;
- and
- means for placing a phone call to the inputted phone number if the determined area code matches any of the authorized area codes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.