Patent ID: 9538337
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for controlling communication capabilities of an end device within a discrete location, the method comprising: detecting, by a processor, connection of the end device over a first communication channel having a first distance range of communication; transmitting by the processor, to the end device, over the first communication channel, information on a second communication channel physically different from the first communication channel, for enabling the end device to receive control signals over the second communication channel, wherein the second communication channel has a second distance range of communication; transmitting, by the processor, a first control signal over the first communication channel; transmitting, by the processor or another device in communication with the processor, a second control signal over the second communication channel, wherein the second control signal is configured to be confined to the discrete location; determining, by the processor, whether the end device has received the first and second control signals; and in response to determining that the end device has received the first and second control signals, enabling a particular communication capability of the end device in the discrete location where the first and second distance ranges of the first and second communication channels overlap with each other, wherein the particular communication capability is not configured to be enabled on the end device outside of the discrete location where the first and second distance ranges of the first and second communication channels do not overlap with each other.