Patent ID: 8396488
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing the use of a location tracking function of a wireless communication device that provides a plurality of functions and an option to disable the location tracking function, comprising: periodically tracking a location of the wireless communication device using the location tracking function; determining that a user of the wireless communication device has disabled the location tracking function; selecting a subset of one or more functions from the plurality of functions of the wireless communication device, wherein at least one function in the subset of functions is different from the location tracking function and operates independently of the tracked location; and disabling the subset of functions of the wireless communication device without disabling the wireless communication device, comprising: accessing a rule associated with the wireless communication device, determining that disabling the location tracking function violates the rule if a priority of a current work assignment of the user is higher than a pre-set priority, and disabling the subset of functions of the wireless communication device.