Patent ID: 9681358
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication system comprising: a wireless device; a network configured to communicate with the wireless device, the network including a mobile switching center; a first register, maintained on the network, the first register comprising a first database of physical locations in which a network communication service provided to the wireless device is to be disabled, the physical locations defined in the first database by a plurality of GPS position entries that define an area; the mobile switching center configured to query whether the wireless device is within a one of the physical locations defined in the first register and to disable a network communication service provided to the wireless device when the wireless device is in the one of the physical locations defined in the first database; and a second register, maintained on the wireless device, the second register comprising a second database of physical locations in which a communication function of the wireless device is to be disabled, the physical locations defined in the second database by a plurality of GPS position entries that define an area; the wireless device configured to query whether it is within a one of the physical locations defined in the second register and to disable the communication function of the wireless device when it is in the one of the physical locations defined in the second database.