Granted Patent B2

US 9,066,194 · App. 12/868,725 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Inventors: Joseph S. Noonan (Scituate, MA); Carl A. Giordano (Valley Cottage, NY)

Assignee: BINJ LABORATORIES, INC.

H04W8/005G01S5/02H04W12/12H04W48/16H04W64/00

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A method for detecting a transmission device within a set area comprising:

transmitting information to said transmission device, said information causing said transmission device to lose contact with an available base station;

detecting a response transmission from said transmission device by at least one transmission detection facility, said response transmission attempting to re-acquire contact with said available base station;

time stamping the detected response transmission on each of the at least one transmission detection facility;

extracting identification information associated with said transmission device;

matching said transmission device with said identification information received in said response transmission for identifying said transmission device, wherein said identified transmission device is in one of: an on-state and an off-state;

determining a location of the identified transmission device based on said response transmission received by said at least one transmission detection facility, wherein said response transmission is sorted by said identification information and on detected response transmissions with substantially same time stamps,

determining whether said location is within said set area; and

determining an allowability of said identified transmission device within said set area based on said location and said identification information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said extracted identification information comprises a unique identification characteristic associated with said transmission device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said allowability of the transmission device is based on a list of allowable identification characteristics.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

outputting a state and said location of said identified transmission device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

outputting a signal within a frequency band about a frequency of said response transmission of said identified transmission device.

6. A signal detection system for detecting a transmission device within a set area, said system comprising:

a transceiver; and

a computer in communication with said transceiver and a memory, the memory including code, which when accessed by the computer causes the system to:

transmit information to said transmission device, said information causing said transmission device to lose contact with an available base station;

detect a response transmission from said transmission device by at least one transmission detection facility, said response transmission attempting to re-acquire contact with said available base station;

time stamp the detected response transmission on each of the at east one transmission detection facility;

extract identification information associated with said transmission device;

match said transmission device with said identification information received in said response transmission for identifying said transmission device, wherein said identified transmission device is in one of: an on-state and an off-state;

determine a location of the identified transmission device based on said response transmission received by said at least one transmission detection facility, wherein said response transmission is sorted by said identification information and on detected response transmissions with substantially same time stamps,

determine whether said location is within said set area; and

determine an allowability of said identified transmission device within said set area based on said location and said identification information.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein said extracted identification information comprises a unique identification characteristic associated with said transmission device.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein said allowability of the transmission device is based on a list of allowable identification characteristics.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the computer causes the system to further:

output a state and said location of said identified transmission device.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the computer causes the system to further:

output a signal within a frequency and about a frequency of said response transmission of said identified transmission device.

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