System and method for limiting a wireless communication device to a specified geographic zone

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9374765
APP PUB NO 20150111540A1
SERIAL NO

14530610

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A method, computer code product for limiting a wireless communication device to a specified geographic zone. The device is configured to connect to a subscriber device in a subscriber network and determine if the subscriber device is on a list of preapproved subscriber devices in the specified geographic zone. The device can also be configured to determine if it is connected to a subscriber device on at least one neighbor list of approved subscriber devices. If the device is connected to a subscriber device on the preapproved list or a neighbor list, the device is permission as if it is in the geographic zone. Additional subscriber devices can be added to the neighbor list(s) when the device is handed off from an approved subscriber device based on the previous subscriber device to which the device was connected.

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NOVATEL WIRELESS INC9605 SCRANTON ROAD SUITE 300 SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chana, Tejender Calgary, CA 3 7
DiRienzo, Giuseppe Joe Calgary, CA 3 7

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