# US 2019/0174393 A1 · Mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174393 A1 - Document ID: US20190174393A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/251,834 - Filed: 2019-01-18 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2008-11-04 - Assignees: Telcom Ventures, LLC - Applicants: Telcom Ventures, LLC - Inventors: Peter D. Karabinis; Rajendra Singh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174393A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 48/04: based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system (10) and method (30) comprises a detector that is configured to enable a mode of a first device (14) and/or to enable a mode of a second device (15) responsive to a detection that a proximity criterion is satisfied between the first device and an entity (Entity 1) and responsive to at least one of a position, velocity and a Time-of-Day and where the second device is not the entity and is not associated with the entity, and where the entity is not involved in providing a communications service to the first and/or second device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a smartphone, the method comprising: detecting by the smartphone that a proximity condition is satisfied between the smartphone and an entity within a store; establishing, using a first air interface, a wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity, in response to the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity; receiving, using the first air interface, a short-range signal from the entity within the store; performing by the smartphone a transaction to pay for one or more items within the store, after receiving the short-range signal from the entity; and receiving by the smartphone a communications service from a wireless network, using a second air interface that differs from the first air interface, wherein the wireless short-range communications link used by the first air interface is based upon unlicensed frequencies, and wherein the second air interface uses a wireless communications link that is based upon licensed frequencies. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity is performed in response to a physiological parameter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing by the smartphone the transaction to pay for the one or more items is performed in response to a physiological parameter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing by the smartphone the transaction to pay for the one or more items is performed in response to a value of a parameter associated with the smartphone. ### Claim 5 A smartphone that is configured to perform operations comprising: detecting by the smartphone that a proximity condition is satisfied between the smartphone and an entity within a store; establishing, using a first air interface, a wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity, in response to the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity; receiving, using the first air interface, a short-range signal from the entity within the store; performing by the smartphone a transaction to pay for one or more items within the store, after receiving the short-range signal from the entity; and receiving by the smartphone a communications service from a wireless network, using a second air interface that differs from the first air interface, wherein the wireless short-range communications link used by the first air interface is based upon unlicensed frequencies, and wherein the second air interface uses a wireless communications link that is based upon licensed frequencies. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The smartphone of claim 5, wherein establishing the wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity is performed in response to a physiological parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The smartphone of claim 5, wherein performing by the smartphone the transaction to pay for the one or more items is performed in response to a physiological parameter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The smartphone of claim 5, wherein performing by the smartphone the transaction to pay for the one or more items is performed in response to a value of a parameter associated with the smartphone.