Patent ID: 8422950

Claim:
A system for enabling wireless, near-field hot-spot communication between a wide variety of various manufacturers wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within a zone in a structure and a further communication network outside of the zone, wherein the wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices of the wide variety of communication devices utilized within the zone has an RF radiative antenna, the system comprising: at least one first antenna arranged within the zone of the structure arranged to communicate wirelessly by RF energy with at least one of the wide variety of various manufactures different wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices being communicatively utilized within the zone; at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone in the structure with other communication devices located outside of the zone; a control unit arranged in the structure in a communications link between the at least one first antenna within the zone in the structure and the at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone, the control unit enabled to be ground-position-indicatingly responsive to and simultaneously monitor the use of various wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within the zone and other communication devices located outside of the zone.