Filtered wireless communications

Abstract

A method and apparatus for filtered wireless communications is provided. The method provides a managed wireless zone. A wireless zone communication system is provided having one or more wireless nodes. The wireless node can be a cellular base substation including a power source, a processor having software stored in memory, a transceiver designed to function solely in a filtered zone and to communicate with one or more wireless devices via an antenna transmitter, and a cellular phone number assigned to the cellular base substation. Wireless communication signals to be used within the managed wireless zone are registered. Subscriber are provided with filtering options, such as for example, allowing an identified wireless communication signal to receive in-coming calls within the filtered area, allowing an identified wireless communication signal to receive in-coming calls within the filtered area according to a schedule, forwarding an identified wireless communication signal to a destination number, forwarding an identified wireless communication signal to phone mail, switching an identified wireless communication signal from “ring” to vibrate and notifying an identified wireless communication signal regarding the managed wireless zone. Wireless communication signals are detected and identified within the wireless zone communication system. The identified wireless communication signals are compared with the filtering options.

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