US Patent Issued to Cbros Technologies on Aug. 5 for "System and method for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area" (Maine, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,242, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Cbros Technologies LLC (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).

"System and method for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area" was invented by Stephen Nelson Mahar (Eliot, Maine) and Donald Edward Williams Jr. (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for limiting mobile device functionality when the mobile device is located in a pre-defined fixed geographic area. The mobile device may receive a local disabling signal from a disabling device, which, when detected by a Device Owner Application resident on the mobile device, limits the mobile device functionality. Alterna...