International one-way recorded transmitter over a cellular network
AssigneeWorld Emergency Network—Nevada, Ltd.
InventorChristopher Ryan Bennett
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Abstract
Agencies oftentimes desire to monitor personnel in the field during the course of their duties. To provide flexible monitoring capabilities to agencies, a common mobile device such as a mobile phone is converted for use as a radio-based listening system to collect and transmit audio data. A relay is implemented within the system to pass message communications between the mobile device and a server such that the server can facilitate establishment of sessions for monitoring the mobile device.
Claims20
A computer based method for configuring a bi-directional communications device as a one-way transmitter (mobile bug), the method comprising:
- provisioning, by a server, a virtual address as a receiving address;
- generating, by the server, without user input as to a personal identification number (PIN), the PIN for registering a bi-directional communications device as a mobile bug, the generated PIN stored in association with the receiving address in a mapping table;
- receiving, by the server, a registration request comprising the PIN and a transmitting address of the bi-directional communications device to register the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug;
- in response to receiving the registration request, registering the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug by associating, based on the PIN in the registration request, the transmitting address included in the registration request with the receiving address in the mapping table;
- receiving, by the server, an activation request comprising the transmitting address of the bi-directional communications device registered as the mobile bug;
- and
- in response to receiving the activation request, transmitting, by the server, instructions for:
- establishing a connection to the mobile bug through the receiving address to permit monitoring of the mobile bug;
- and
- disabling outgoing audio from the receiving address to the mobile bug on the connection.
A system for configuring a bi-directional communications device as a one-way transmitter (mobile bug), the system comprising:
- a server comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause the one or more processors to:
- provision, by the server, a virtual address as a receiving address;
- generate, by the server, without user input as to a personal identification number (PIN), the PIN for registering a bi-directional communications device as a mobile bug, the generated PIN stored in association with the receiving address in a mapping table;
- receive, by the server, a registration request comprising the PIN and a transmitting address of the bi-directional communications device to register the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug;
- in response to receiving the registration request, register the bi-directional communications device as the mobile bug by associating, based on the PIN in the registration request, the transmitting address included in the registration request with the receiving address in the mapping table;
- receive, by the server, an activation request comprising the transmitting address of the bi-directional communications device registered as the mobile bug;
- and
- in response to receiving the activation request, transmit, by the server, instructions for:
- establishing a connection to the mobile bug through the receiving address to permit monitoring of the mobile bug;
- and
- disabling outgoing audio from the receiving address to the mobile bug on the connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.