Patent ID: 8489140

Claim:
A system for providing a product or service using a mobile station, the system comprising: a shielding defining a coverage area, said shielding arranged to attenuate radio signals originating externally of said coverage area to be less than a pre-determined signal strength; an antenna associated with said defined coverage area; a transceiver coupled to said antenna and in communication with a cellular network, said transceiver arranged to communicate, via said antenna, with a mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area utilizing a signal strength greater than said pre-determined signal strength, the mobile station arranged to generate a location update request responsive to an antenna portion of the mobile station being inserted within said defined coverage area, said transceiver arranged to transmit the location update request to the cellular network and receive from the cellular network, responsive to the transmitted location update request, a transmitted network authorization symbol arranged to authorize the mobile station to access the cellular network; a service control unit; and a service station arranged to provide the product or service responsive to said service control unit, said service control unit arranged to: snoop the communication between the cellular network and the mobile station; detect the transmission of the network authorization symbol from the cellular network to the mobile station inserted within said defined coverage area; and enable said service station to provide said product or service responsive to said snooped detected transmission of the network authorization symbol.