Patent ID: 8831630
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a housing; a Global Positioning System (GPS) module including a casing; a mobile telephony module including a casing; memory configured to store a mapping perimeter; a processor configured to determine whether the device lies inside or outside the mapping perimeter; a first circuit comprising a plurality of antennae each grounded to the housing, wherein the plurality of antennae are selectively connectable in parallel to each other with circuitry including a resistor-capacitor resonator; and wherein: the resistor-capacitor resonator is tuned to at least one of a first predetermined frequency or a first predetermined frequency range; the circuit is configured to provide mobile telephony signals in the device when the plurality of antennae are not connected to one another; the circuit is configured to provide GPS signals when the plurality of antennae are connected to one another the casing of the GPS module; and the casing of the mobile telephony module comprise the plurality of antennae.