Patent ID: 9020535
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04H,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, spatial positioning information from a first mobile device corresponding to a location of the first mobile device; generating by the apparatus, in response to the spatial positioning information, one or more message signals including station location information associated with one or more radio stations; transmitting, in response to a user input at the first mobile device, the one or more generated message signals including the station location information to a second mobile device that is nearby the first mobile device; causing, at least in part by the apparatus, tuning the second mobile device using the one or more message signals via one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) at the first mobile device; causing, at least in part, logging usage data of the first mobile device; determining based on the usage data whether the first mobile device exceeds one or more usage constraints, whether the first mobile device involves unauthorized usage, or a combination thereof; and causing, at least in part by the apparatus, deactivating the first mobile device from transmitting and receiving information, based, at least in part, on the determination.