Patent ID: 7623875

Claim:
A method of controlling performance of a wireless request by a mobile device within an authorized zone having a communications network, wherein said method is autonomously performed by a controller, the method comprising the steps of: (a) detecting the request within the zone; (b) determining within a period of manipulation whether the request emanated from the network; and (c) communicating with the mobile device within the period of manipulation, so as to cause the request to be disobeyed by the device, when the request did not emanate from the network wherein steps (b), and (c) further including the steps of communicatively coupling the controller and network, such that the controller is operable to determine a period of potential promulgation for the request, detect network activity within the period of potential promulgation, and cause the request to be disobeyed, when network activity is not detected within the period of promulgation.