Patent ID: 7904124

Claim:
A system for permitting wireless communication for a wide variety of different wireless personal communication devices, the different wireless personal communication devices each having a radiative antenna, wherein the system is arranged to permit wireless, controlled communication between the wide variety of personal communication devices and other communication devices, the system comprising: at least one first antennae arranged for use within an rf restricted environment, the at least one first antennae arranged to communicate wirelessly with the radiative antennae of the variety of different wireless personal communication devices being communicatively utilized within the rf restricted environment; at least one signal transmission link arranged to communicate outside of the rf restricted environment with other communication devices located outside of the rf restricted environment; and a monitoring and control computer arranged in communication with the at least one first antennae within the rf restricted environment and the at least one signal transmission link arranged to communicate outside of the rf restricted environment, the monitoring and control computer configured to permit the monitoring and the controlled use of the variety of different wireless personal communication devices within the rf restricted environment, the different wireless personal communication devices being utilized to communicate with the other communication devices located outside of the rf restricted environment, and to permit multiple simultaneous controlled, monitored use of the wide variety of wireless personal communication devices within the rf restricted environment and other the communication devices located outside of the rf restricted environment.