Disabling a mobile phone suspected of being a trigger for a bomb
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorDavid P. Harrigan
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for disabling a mobile phone suspected of being a trigger for a bomb are provided. Embodiments include tracking, by one or more data communications servers of the data communications network, location, motion, and usage of a mobile phone; determining, by the one or more data communications servers, whether the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern of location, motion, and usage; and disabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone only from receiving messages if the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern of location, motion, and usage.
Claims18
A method for disabling a mobile phone suspected of being a trigger for a bomb, the mobile phone connected for data communications to a mobile phone network, the method comprising:
- tracking, by one or more data communications servers of the mobile phone network, location, motion, and usage of the mobile phone;
- determining, by the one or more data communications servers, whether the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record, wherein the suspect pattern record includes location criteria, motion criteria, and usage criteria, including:
- determining whether the location of the mobile phone matches the location criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- determining whether the motion of the mobile phone matches the motion criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- and
- determining whether the usage of the mobile phone matches the usage criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- disabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone only from receiving messages if the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record of location, motion, and usage;
- and
- enabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone to receive messages after expiration of a predetermined period of time.
A system for disabling a mobile phone suspected of being a trigger for a bomb, the mobile phone connected for data communications to a mobile phone network, the system comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
- tracking, by one or more data communications servers of the mobile phone network, location, motion, and usage of the mobile phone;
- determining, by the one or more data communications servers, whether the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record, wherein the suspect pattern record includes location criteria, motion criteria, and usage criteria, including:
- determining whether the location of the mobile phone matches the location criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- determining whether the motion of the mobile phone matches the motion criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- and
- determining whether the usage of the mobile phone matches the usage criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- disabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone only from receiving messages if the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record of location, motion, and usage;
- and
- enabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone to receive messages after expiration of a predetermined period of time.
A computer program product for disabling a mobile phone suspected of being a trigger for a bomb, the mobile phone connected for data communications to a mobile phone network, the computer program product disposed in a computer readable recordable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:
- tracking, by one or more data communications servers of the mobile phone network, location, motion, and usage of the mobile phone;
- determining, by the one or more data communications servers, whether the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record, wherein the suspect pattern record includes location criteria, motion criteria, and usage criteria, including:
- determining whether the location of the mobile phone matches the location criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- determining whether the motion of the mobile phone matches the motion criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- and
- determining whether the usage of the mobile phone matches the usage criteria in the suspect pattern record;
- disabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone only from receiving messages if the location, the motion, and the usage of the mobile phone matches a suspect pattern record of location, motion, and usage;
- and
- enabling, by the one or more data communications servers, the mobile phone to receive messages after expiration of a predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.