US 2021/0201651 A1Published application

System, Method, and Apparatus for Detecting and Preventing Wireless Connections

AssigneeCell Detect, Inc

InventorsDavid Segal, Chris Defant, Judd Sheets

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Abstract

A method of detecting and disabling offending devices includes monitoring for a radio frequency signal. When an offending device initializes and registers with a cell tower, it emits the radio frequency signal. After the radio frequency signal is detected, a message including an identification of the radio frequency signal is transmitted to a receiver of a base station. Responsive to receiving the message, the base station sends a secure transaction that includes an indication of the radio frequency signal to a processor of a cellular carrier system. Responsive to receiving the secure transaction, the processor of the cellular carrier system correlates a time and the radio frequency signal with an account associated with the registration of the offending device, disconnects from the offending device, and disables an account associated with the offending device.

A system for detecting and disabling radio frequency emitting devices, the system comprising:

at least one base station, the base station including a base station processor and a base station transceiver, the base station transceiver operatively coupled to the base station processor;
at least one device, each of the at least one device comprising a device-processor, a transceiver operatively coupled to the device-processor, a radio frequency detector operatively coupled to the device-processor, and a source of power, the source of power providing operational power to the device-processor, to the transceiver and to the radio frequency detector;
an offending device;
software running on the device-processor of each device monitors the radio frequency detector and when a target radio signal from the offending device is detected by the radio frequency detector indicating an attempt by the offending device to register with a cell tower, the radio frequency detector signals the processor with an indication of the target radio signal that was detected and the software reads the indication of the target radio signal and controls the transceiver to send a transaction to the base station transceiver, the transaction includes the indication of the target radio signal that was detected;
upon receipt of the transaction at the base station transceiver, software running on the base station processor reads the transaction and sends a secure transaction to a cellular carrier system, the secure transaction including the indication of the target radio signal that was detected;
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upon receipt of the secure transaction, software running on a computer of the cellular carrier system correlates a time and the target radio signal with an account associated with a recent registration of the offending device and when the computer of the cellular carrier system correlates the time and the indication of the target radio signal to the account associated with the recent registration, the computer of the cellular carrier system disconnects the offending device.

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Application

17/123,297Filed 16 Dec 2020

Priority

30 Dec 2019

Published

1 Jul 2021

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Classification10 codes

H04W 48/02
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: access restriction performed under specific conditions
H04K 3/45
Jamming having variable characteristics: characterized by including monitoring of the target or target signal, e.g. in reactive jammers or…
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
H04W 52/0274
Managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level: by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof

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