Patent ID: 8180279

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