WO2011134220A1

WO2011134220A1 - Method for automatically banning auxiliary function of mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2011134220A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/076261
Authority: WO
Inventors: 丁柴珏
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-04-29
Filing date: 2010-08-23
Publication date: 2011-11-03
Also published as: CN101835093B; CN101835093A

Abstract

A method for automatically banning an auxiliary function of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The method involves: after detecting that a mobile terminal enters a monitored area, a wireless communication system reports it to a network server, wherein all or a part of the regions of the monitored area are banned regions of the auxiliary function; after receiving the report, the network server confirms the mobile terminal which has entered the monitored area and obtains position information of the mobile terminal in real time, then sends an instruction of closing the auxiliary function to the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal enters the banned regions; the mobile terminal closes the auxiliary function after receiving the instruction of closing the auxiliary function. With the solution applied, it is automatically realized to ban a corresponding auxiliary function of a mobile terminal in banned regions of the auxiliary function, thereby avoiding manual intervention, greatly enhancing efficiency, and improving the effect of function-banning.

Description

Method for automatically disabling mobile terminal auxiliary function

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a method for prohibiting the use of functions such as photographing of a terminal in a specific area.

Background technique

At present, with the development of mobile communication technologies and the growing demand for multimedia functions, especially after the large-scale commercialization of 3G communication networks, the multimedia functions of mobile terminals are becoming more and more popular. As an important component to realize multimedia functions, the camera is widely used in mobile terminals. For example, most mobile terminals currently have camera functions, and some mobile terminals also have a camera function. With the camera on the mobile terminal, the user can take pictures. And / or camera function, so that the picture or video data can be recorded, and even can be directly shared with other users through the network.

However, photography or videography is usually prohibited in certain areas and places, such as military areas, corporate office buildings with high levels of confidentiality, and some extremely valuable museums of cultural relics. In the restricted area where photography or video is prohibited, because there are a large number of people entering and leaving, if you take manual inspections and implement the method of prohibiting carry-in, the efficiency will be very poor and lack of humanity, especially in the museum area. Unreasonable, and this problem is not achievable by relying on reminders or regulations to rely on automatic compliance.

In addition, in some areas, it may be necessary to control the ringtone of the mobile terminal, for example, the conference venue needs to keep the mobile terminal muted, and the ringtone function is turned off to prevent ringing interference.

Therefore, how to effectively prohibit people from using the auxiliary functions of terminals such as photographs (other functions other than calls and text messages) in a specific area is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a method for automatically disabling a mobile terminal auxiliary function to automatically disable a corresponding auxiliary function of the mobile terminal within a disabled area of the auxiliary function. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for automatically disabling a mobile terminal auxiliary function, including:

The wireless communication system detects that a mobile terminal enters the monitoring area and reports the network server, and all or part of the monitoring area is a disabled area of the auxiliary function;

After receiving the report, the network server determines to enter the mobile terminal of the monitoring area and acquires the location information of the mobile terminal in real time, such as determining that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, and sends the closed to the mobile terminal. The instruction of the auxiliary function;

The mobile terminal closes the auxiliary function after receiving an instruction to turn off the auxiliary function.

The above method may further include:

The network server determines, according to the location information of the mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, sends an instruction to open the auxiliary function to the mobile terminal;

The mobile terminal opens the auxiliary function after receiving the instruction to turn on the auxiliary function.

The auxiliary function disabled in the disabled area can be the camera function and/or the ring alert function after the call. The monitoring area may be comprised of a sum of signal coverage areas of one or more base stations over which the signal covers at least a portion of the disabled area;

The network server can determine the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area by:

When the base station that detects at least part of the disabled area detects the new mobile terminal access, reports the new mobile terminal access event to the network server and carries the identity of the accessed mobile terminal, and the network server determines the mobile according to the event. The terminal is a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area; or

When the base station detects that the new mobile terminal accesses, it reports to the network server that there is a new mobile terminal access event and carries the identity of the accessed mobile terminal and the identity of the base station, and the network server determines the reported base station. The identifier is that when the pre-configured signal covers the identity of the base station that at least partially disables the area, the mobile terminal is determined to be the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area.

The monitoring area may be a location area used by the wireless communication system to record the current location of the mobile terminal; the wireless communication system may determine the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area by: the device in the wireless communication system that can know the location area of the mobile terminal detects the mobile terminal After entering the location area as the monitoring area, report the event with the mobile terminal access to the network server. And carrying the identifier of the mobile terminal, and the network server determines, according to the event, the mobile terminal to be a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area; or

In the wireless communication system, the device in the location area of the mobile terminal can detect that the mobile terminal enters the location area as the monitoring area, and then the mobile terminal and the identifier of the location area are sent to the network server, and the network server determines the identifier of the reported location area. When it is a pre-configured identifier of a location area that is a disabled area, it is determined that the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area.

The method may further include: after determining, by the network server, the mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area according to the information reported by the wireless communication system, first querying the mobile terminal to obtain information about whether the mobile terminal supports the auxiliary function, and determining that the mobile terminal supports the auxiliary function, and then acquiring the mobile device in real time. The location information of the terminal determines whether the mobile terminal enters the disabled area. If it is determined that the mobile terminal does not support the auxiliary function, the monitoring of the mobile terminal is ended.

The network server may obtain the location information of the mobile terminal in real time by: after determining, by the network server, the mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area, sending, by the network terminal, a continuous positioning instruction or notifying the positioning server to the mobile terminal Performing continuous positioning, and acquiring location information of the mobile terminal in real time by receiving signaling including location information of the mobile terminal;

The network server may also determine whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the disabled area by comparing the current location of the mobile terminal with the location of the pre-configured disabled area to determine whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the disabled area;

The above method may further include: determining, by the network server, that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area according to the location information of the mobile terminal, and stops the continuous positioning of the mobile terminal.

The above method may further include:

After the network server determines that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, it sends an instruction to the mobile terminal to change the long time interval. After receiving the instruction, the mobile terminal changes the initially set timing interval to be longer; the network server determines that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area. And transmitting, to the mobile terminal, an instruction for recovering the timing interval, and after receiving the instruction, the mobile terminal returns the changed timing interval to the initially set timing interval.

The above method may further include:

The network server sets a flag corresponding to an open/close state of the auxiliary function, and sends a shutdown auxiliary function After the command can be sent or sent, and the response of the mobile terminal is successfully received, the flag is set to a value corresponding to the auxiliary function being turned off; after the instruction to turn on the auxiliary function is sent or the instruction is sent and the mobile terminal is successfully responded, the The flag is set to a value corresponding to the opening of the auxiliary function;

The step of determining whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the disabled area by comparing the current location of the mobile terminal with the location of the pre-configured disabled area includes: determining, by the network server, the mobile by comparing the current location of the mobile terminal with the location of the pre-configured disabled area. The terminal is located in the disabled area, and the network server determines, according to the value of the flag, whether the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal is an open state, and if yes, determines that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, and if not, continues to receive the location information of the mobile terminal and compares;

If the mobile terminal is located in the monitoring area but not in the disabled area, the network server determines, according to the value of the flag, whether the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal is in a closed state, and if so, determines that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, and if not, continues to receive the location information of the mobile terminal and performs Comparison.

The steps to turn accessibility on or off can include:

Setting the first opening and closing flag of the auxiliary function to a value corresponding to the opening or closing; and when the mobile terminal supports manually opening and closing the auxiliary function, setting the second opening and closing flag different from the first opening and closing flag to The corresponding value is turned on or off. Among them, the mobile terminal that supports manual opening and closing of the auxiliary function allows the auxiliary function to be used only when the values of the first opening and closing flag and the second opening and closing flag are both open values.

The above method may further include: the network server determining that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area in the following manner:

The wireless communication system carries the identifier of the base station currently accessed by the mobile terminal in the signaling that includes the location information of the mobile terminal, and the network server determines that the identifier of the base station is not equal to the identifier of the base station that is at least partially disabled in the pre-configured signal. Determining that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area; or the base station that covers at least part of the disabled area reports the event that the mobile terminal leaves the base station and carries the identity of the mobile terminal to the network server when the mobile terminal leaves the base station, and the network server determines the mobile terminal according to the event. Leaving the surveillance area; or

Configuring location information of the monitoring area in the network server, if the location of the mobile terminal is outside the monitoring area, determining that the mobile terminal has left the monitoring area; or After the device in the location area of the mobile terminal detects that the mobile terminal leaves the location area as the monitoring area, the device in the wireless communication system sends an event to the network server that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area and carries the mobile terminal. And determining, by the network server, that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area according to the event.

In the above method,

The network server and the mobile terminal can use the over-the-air (OTA) protocol signaling to interact through the wireless communication system.

The present invention also provides a network server supporting automatic disabling of the mobile terminal auxiliary function, the network server being configured to:

After obtaining, by the wireless communication system, that the mobile terminal enters the monitoring area, determining the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area and acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal in real time, such as determining that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area of the auxiliary function, The mobile terminal sends an instruction to turn off the auxiliary function;

And when the mobile terminal is determined to leave the disabled area according to the location information of the mobile terminal, send an instruction to the mobile terminal to open the auxiliary function;

The all or part of the area of the monitoring area is a disabled area of the auxiliary function. The present invention also provides a system for automatically disabling a mobile terminal auxiliary function, the system comprising: a wireless communication system, a network server, and a mobile terminal, wherein

The wireless communication system is configured to report to the network server after detecting that the mobile terminal enters the monitoring area;

The network server is configured to determine, after the mobile terminal enters the monitoring area, that the mobile terminal enters the monitoring area, and obtain the location information of the mobile terminal in real time, such as determining the mobile terminal. Entering a disabled area of the auxiliary function, and transmitting an instruction to the mobile terminal to close the auxiliary function;

The mobile terminal is configured to close the auxiliary function after receiving an instruction of the network server to close the auxiliary function;

The all or part of the area of the monitoring area is a disabled area of the auxiliary function. In the above system, the wireless network server may also be configured to: in accordance with the location information of the mobile terminal When it is determined that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, the mobile terminal sends an instruction to open the auxiliary function; the mobile terminal may also be configured to: open the auxiliary function after receiving the instruction of the network server to open the auxiliary function.

In summary, the method for automatically disabling the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal provided by the present invention can automatically disable the corresponding auxiliary function of the mobile terminal in the disabled area of the auxiliary function, avoiding manual intervention, greatly improving efficiency, and improving the effect of function disable. Further, after the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal can also be automatically opened, without affecting the normal use of the mobile terminal.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic diagram of a system and an application scenario according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The present invention is based on the terminal location technology to detect a terminal entering the area, and the interaction between the network server (also referred to as an application server) and the terminal is implemented to meet the need for restricting some auxiliary functions of the mobile terminal in certain specific areas. Disabled mobile terminal accessibility.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First embodiment

In this embodiment, the camera function of the mobile terminal is automatically disabled. In other embodiments, other auxiliary functions such as ringtones may be automatically disabled.

1 is a schematic diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a network server, a wireless communication system (only base stations are shown), and a mobile terminal, and the network server and the mobile terminal interact through a wireless communication system.

The mobile terminal needs to support the positioning function, and can use various mobile positioning technologies, such as TA (timing advance: time advance), COO (Cell of Origin), E-OTD (enhanced observation time difference), TDOA (Time Difference of Arrival), TOA (Time of Arrival), AOA (Angle of Arrival), A-GPS (Assisted GPS), AFLT (Advanced Forward Link Trilateration: Advanced forward link triangulation), etc., in this embodiment, the GPSone core is integrated in the mobile terminal chip and equipped with a GPS antenna, and the positioning method of the GPSone is used to locate the mobile terminal, and the GPSone is positioned in the case where the satellite can be searched for the preferred AGPS. (Assisted Global Positioning System) positioning, assisted positioning by CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) triangulation technology in the case where the GPS satellite line of sight is blocked in whole/partially.

The mobile terminal's configuration file records information about whether the mobile terminal supports the auxiliary function. For example, the configuration file Info.xml can be created and placed in the EFS (Encrypting File System) storage area of the mobile terminal. The configuration file contains information about whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function. Whether the information supporting other auxiliary functions can be summarized in the configuration file. The configuration file can be written in XML language. The following is a configuration file example 1:

<leaf

<name>camera</name>

</leaf

The leaf node information indicates whether the mobile terminal supports the camera camera. When the value is 1, the mobile terminal supports the camera camera. When the value is 0, the mobile terminal does not support the camera.

The following is a sample configuration file 2:

<leaf

<name>cam_status</name>

</leaf

The leaf node information represents the state of the current camera, represented by a Boolean value, true indicates the current Camera is available, false means camera is not available, that is, go live.

The above configuration file can refer to the provisions of the terminal management platform such as OMA-DM, FUMO, etc., and the mobile terminal can use the corresponding API function interface to read and write the value of the information of each auxiliary function in the configuration file.

FIG. 1 is also a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the embodiment. As shown in the figure, the disabled area of the auxiliary function is recorded as the area A, and the sum of the signal coverage areas of the one or more base stations covering the at least part of the disabled area is referred to as monitoring. The area is recorded as area B. After the mobile terminal enters the area, the network server needs to monitor the mobile terminal, such as acquiring location information in real time, turning on/off the camera function, etc., and area A of this embodiment is part of area B, but For the purposes of the present invention, the area A can also be the same as the area B.

The location information of the disabled area needs to be configured on the network server. In Fig. 1, the area A is set as a rectangular area, and the position information on the network server can be calibrated by the longitude L1, L2 and the degrees G1, G2. Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the disabled area can be defined as an area of any shape. In Fig. 1, since there are three base stations covering a partial area of the area A, the area B is the sum of the signal coverage areas of the three base stations.

Figure 2 depicts the processing flow of a mobile terminal supporting a camera function from the outside to the area B after the network server first monitors it. The corresponding processing of the mobile terminal is also described. As shown in the figure, the process includes the following steps:

Step 100: The network server determines, according to the information reported by the wireless communication system, the mobile terminal that newly accesses the base station that covers the at least partially disabled area.

The wireless communication system detects that a mobile terminal needs to report to the network server after entering the monitoring area. In this embodiment, when the base station that detects the new mobile terminal accesses the signal, the network server reports the event to the network server and carries the identifier of the mobile terminal, and the network server can determine the mobile terminal according to the reported information. A mobile terminal that is newly connected to a base station that covers at least a part of the disabled area, that is, a mobile terminal that enters the area B. The base station can report information to the network server directly or through a control device (such as a core network device) in the wireless communication system. As shown in Figure 1, when the mobile terminal moves to area B, the base station in area B reports to the network server.

The identity of the base station on which the signal covers at least part of the disabled area can be configured on the network server (Base Station ID), such as BS1, BS2, and BS3. Correspondingly, the information reported by the base station to the network server may further include an identifier of the base station accessed by the terminal, and the network server may further compare the identifier of the base station configured by the reported identity of the base station, and if yes, determine the reported mobile The terminal is a mobile terminal entering the area B, and if not, the network server does not perform any processing on the mobile terminal.

Step 110: The network server queries the mobile terminal to obtain information about whether the mobile terminal supports a camera function.

After receiving the instruction, the mobile terminal returns information of whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function to the network server through the wireless communication system, assuming that the mobile terminal supports the camera function.

In this embodiment, an OTA (Over-the-air) protocol interaction is used between the network server and the mobile terminal. In other embodiments, the web server and mobile terminal can also interact through other available communication protocols.

The instruction sent by the network server to inquire whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function can be implemented by using the GET command. After receiving the GET command, the mobile terminal obtains the corresponding leaf node information in the configuration file and returns it to the network server. According to the example of the above configuration file, when the network server determines that the returned value is 1 or true, it is determined that the mobile terminal supports the camera function, and if the return value is 0 or false, it is determined that the mobile terminal does not support the camera function.

In the present invention, this step is optional. As in another embodiment, if the secondary function to be disabled is an incoming call, the network server does not need to obtain information on whether the mobile terminal supports the function, as the mobile terminal generally supports this function. Nowadays, there are more and more mobile phones supporting camera functions. If the camera function has become the basic setting of the mobile terminal, the network server can no longer obtain information on whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function.

In yet another embodiment, if different auxiliary functions need to be disabled for different disabled areas, the network server configures the disabled auxiliary functions separately for each disabled area.

Step 120: The network server sends a continuously positioned instruction to the mobile terminal supporting the camera function.

In this embodiment, the network server may send a push command to the mobile terminal to trigger the GPSone module of the mobile terminal to initiate positioning. Step 130: The network server receives the signaling that is periodically reported and includes the location information of the mobile terminal, compares the current location of the mobile terminal with the location of the disabled area, and determines that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, and proceeds to step 140. If the disabled area is not entered, determine whether the mobile terminal has left the area B, and if yes, go to step 180, if not, repeat this step;

After receiving the continuously positioned command, the mobile terminal performs continuous positioning processing and uploads location information. The location information may be a specific location or measurement information used to calculate the location. In the case of continuous positioning, the mobile terminal can start initializing the positioning. In an example, the initial positioning is about 25S, and then continuous positioning and reporting can be reported through reverse link signaling. The positioning interval can be set. It is about 3S.

It should be noted that there are many methods for the network server to initiate continuous positioning of the mobile terminal, and is not limited to the manner in which the network server directly sends an instruction to the mobile terminal in this embodiment. As in another embodiment, the network server may notify the positioning server to continuously locate the mobile terminal and receive location information of the mobile terminal reported by the positioning server.

The method for determining whether the mobile terminal has left the area B may be that the wireless communication system carries the identifier of the base station currently accessed by the mobile terminal in the signaling that includes the location information of the mobile terminal, and the network server compares the identifier of the base station with the identifier of the configured base station. It is judged whether the mobile terminal has left the area B. In another example, the base station that is at least partially disabled by the signal may also report the identity of the mobile terminal to the network server when the mobile terminal leaves the base station. In another example, the network server may configure the location information of the area B, and determine whether the mobile terminal has left the area B by comparing the location information of the mobile terminal with the location information of the area B, and the location information of the area B does not need to be actual. The area is exactly the same, as can be approximated as a rectangular area containing area B. and many more.

The order of the judgment as to whether the mobile terminal has left the area B and the judgment of whether the mobile terminal enters the disabled area may vary.

Step 140: The network server sends an instruction to turn off the camera function to the mobile terminal entering the disabled area, to disable the camera function of the mobile terminal.

After the mobile terminal enters the area A, the network server may send a Replace command in the OTA protocol to the mobile terminal to instruct the mobile terminal to turn off the camera function.

The mobile terminal closes the camera function after receiving the instruction to turn off the camera function, such as the configuration file. The value of the leaf node updates _cam status information is false, the camera function deactivated. Optionally, after the mobile terminal successfully turns off the camera function, the network server feeds back a success message including the MEID or other uniquely identifying the mobile phone information, and the network server confirms that the camera function of the mobile terminal is turned off according to the message.

For mobile terminals that support manual opening and closing of camera functions, in order to prevent the user from manually turning on the camera function after the web server turns off the camera function, it is possible to separately set an opening and closing flag, which is used when manually opening and closing the camera function. The opening and closing signs are different, and the mobile terminal allows the camera function to be used when both of the opening and closing signs are open.

Step 150: The network server sends an instruction for changing the long time interval to the mobile terminal, and may indicate a time interval after the long change;

This step is optional.

After receiving the instruction of changing the long time interval, the mobile terminal changes the positioning time interval. In one example, the network server can instruct the mobile terminal to change the positioning time interval to greater than 1 minute, such as 5 minutes to save energy. The value of the positioning interval can be indicated by the network server in the instruction, or can be determined by the mobile terminal according to the local configuration. The order of steps 140 and 150 above may vary.

Step 160: The network server receives the location information of the mobile terminal that is periodically reported, compares the current location of the mobile terminal with the location of the disabled area, and determines that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, and proceeds to step 170, if it is determined not to leave. Repeat this step;

Step 170, the network server sends an instruction to open the camera function and the instruction to restore the original positioning time interval to the mobile terminal, and returns to step 130;

The network server can send a replacement command of the OTA protocol to the mobile terminal to instruct the mobile terminal to turn on the camera function.

After the mobile terminal receives the instruction to turn on the camera function, the camera function is turned on. For example, the value of the leaf node cam_status information in the configuration file can be updated to 0 or true, and the camera function is turned on (or activated). Optionally, after the camera function is successfully opened, the mobile terminal feeds back to the network server a success message including the MEID or other uniquely identifying the mobile phone information, and the network server confirms that the camera function of the mobile terminal is turned on according to the message. After receiving the instruction to restore the original time interval, the mobile terminal restores the positioning time interval to the value before the change, for example, restores the positioning time interval to 3S.

If the above step 150 does not change the positioning time interval, the step network server does not need to send an instruction to the mobile terminal to restore the positioning time interval.

Step 180: The network server sends an instruction to stop the positioning to the mobile terminal.

After the mobile terminal leaves the area B, the network server can instruct the mobile terminal to turn off the GPSone positioning by using a push command.

The mobile terminal stops the positioning process after receiving the instruction to stop the positioning.

In another embodiment, if the network server indicates that the positioning server locates the mobile terminal, the positioning server may be notified to stop the positioning, and the positioning server stops the positioning processing of the mobile terminal according to the business process.

In the above process, the network server sets a flag indicating the opening and closing state of the camera function, and after the camera function is turned off (step 140), the flag is set to indicate that the camera function is turned off, such as setting the Cam_Set parameter value to 1, when opening After the camera function (step 170), the flag is set to a value indicating that the camera function is turned on, such as the Cam_Set parameter value being set to zero. In the above steps 130 and 160, the mobile terminal may be located in the area B but not in the area A (referred to as the terminal in the area B1), because the value of the Cam_Set has not been set to 1 in step 130, but in the step The value of Cam_Set has been set to 1 in 160, so when the network server determines that the mobile terminal is located in the area B1 according to the location information of the mobile terminal, it can further determine that the corresponding processing in step 130 should be performed according to the value of the flag (value 0, indicating that the mobile terminal remains in the area B1, repeats step 130) or should perform the corresponding processing in step 160 (a value of 1 indicates that the mobile terminal leaves the area B1 from the area A, and proceeds to step 170). Similarly, in the foregoing steps 130 and 160, the mobile terminal may be located in the area A. After the network server determines that the mobile terminal is located in the area A, the network server may determine that the corresponding processing in step 130 should be performed according to the value of the flag (the value is 0, Indicates that the mobile terminal enters the area A from the area B1, and proceeds to step 140). The corresponding processing in step 160 should also be performed (a value of 1 indicates that the mobile terminal remains in the area A, and step 160 is repeated).

In the above process, the network server may set one or more of the following flags for the mobile terminal to record the corresponding status: Get_Set, indicating whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function. Information; Cam-Sup, indicating whether the mobile terminal supports camera function; GPS-Set, indicating whether continuous positioning of the mobile terminal has been initiated; GPS-Time, indicating whether the positioning time interval of the mobile terminal is a modified positioning time interval, The flag can be set after the network server performs the corresponding operation, and can be used as a judgment condition in the process. For example, if it is determined according to the Get-Set that the mobile terminal has not obtained the information of whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function, the information needs to be acquired; When Cam-Sup indicates that the mobile terminal supports the camera function, the continuous positioning of the mobile terminal is initiated; when the GPS-Set indicates that the value of the continuous positioning of the mobile terminal is initiated, the positioning of the mobile terminal is stopped; When the positioning time interval of the mobile terminal has been changed to a long value, the mobile terminal is instructed to restore the positioning time interval. When the GPS-Time is a value indicating that the positioning time interval of the mobile terminal is not changed, the mobile terminal is instructed to change the positioning time interval. and many more. These flags can be cleared after the mobile terminal leaves area B (or leaves area B - set time). The settings for these flags are optional.

Second embodiment

In some applications, the disabled area can be set to the sum of the signal coverage areas of one or more base stations. The monitoring area is the same as the disabled area, which is equivalent to the scenario where area A is equal to area B in the above embodiment. Since the terminal is not precisely positioned, the corresponding processing flow is greatly simplified, and is described below as another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the process includes the following steps: Step 200: The network server determines, according to information reported by the wireless communication system, a new mobile terminal that accesses a base station that covers at least a part of the disabled area;

The specific implementation of the step may be the same as the step 100 of the foregoing embodiment. The difference is that the network server determines that the current location of the mobile terminal is based on the information reported by the wireless communication system (also one of the location information of the terminal acquired in real time). In the disabled area.

Step 210: The network server queries the mobile terminal for information about whether the mobile terminal supports the camera function.

The specific implementation of this step and the processing of the mobile terminal can be the same as step 110 of the above embodiment, and the step is optional. In this scenario, the network server may send an instruction to turn off the camera function to all mobile terminals that newly access the base station that covers the at least partially disabled area, and the mobile terminal does not do any if it finds that the camera function is not supported after receiving the instruction. Just handle it.

Step 220: The network server sends a camera function to the mobile terminal supporting the camera function. An instruction to disable the camera function of the mobile terminal;

The specific implementation of this step and the processing of the mobile terminal can be the same as step 140 of the above embodiment. Step 230: The network server determines whether the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, and if yes, proceeds to step 240, and repeats the step if not left;

The method for determining whether the mobile terminal has left the area B may be that the base station that covers at least part of the disabled area by the signal reports the event to the network server and carries the identifier of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal leaves the base station, and the network server receives the report. The mobile terminal can then be determined to leave the disabled area.

Step 240: The network server sends an instruction to the mobile terminal to open the camera function.

The specific implementation of this step and the processing of the mobile terminal can be the same as step 170 of the above embodiment. Third embodiment

The monitoring area of the present invention is not limited to the sum of the signal coverage areas of the base stations covered by the signal covering at least part of the disabled area. In still another embodiment, it may also be the position for recording the current location of the mobile terminal in the wireless communication system. Areas, such as location areas, tracking areas, routing areas, etc., disabled areas can still be part of the monitoring area or the same as the monitoring area.

At this time, since the mobile terminal enters the set location area, the location update process is initiated, and the location area where the mobile terminal is located is updated, so that the device in the wireless communication system that can know the location area of the mobile terminal can detect that the mobile terminal enters. After the location area of the monitoring area is used, the identifier of the mobile terminal is reported to the network server, and the network server determines that the mobile terminal is the mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area. In a variant of the embodiment, the device in the location where the mobile terminal is located in the wireless communication system can detect that the mobile terminal enters the location area as the monitoring area, and can report the mobile terminal and the location area to the network server. And determining, by the network server, that the identifier of the reported location area is a pre-configured identifier of the location area of the disabled area, determining that the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area, and if not, not The mobile terminal performs monitoring.

After determining the terminal entering the monitoring area, the network server of the embodiment may use the processing flow of the first embodiment or the second embodiment according to the relationship between the monitoring area and the disabled area. When it is judged whether the mobile terminal has left the area B, it can be checked by the device that can know the location area of the mobile terminal. After detecting that the mobile terminal leaves the location area as the monitoring area, the event is reported to the network server and carries the identifier of the mobile terminal.

With the present invention, the mobile terminal camera function is immediately turned off when a person carrying the camera mobile terminal enters the disabled area. The mobile terminal can be reopened after leaving the disabled area. Therefore, the temporary disabling of the camera function of the mobile terminal in the disabled area is automatically realized, and the manual control of the mobile terminal is not required, which can greatly improve the efficiency and avoid the hidden danger caused by human omission.

In other embodiments, other auxiliary functions of the mobile terminal, such as ring tones, may be automatically disabled based on the area (such as the area that needs to be muted), and the processing is basically the same as the above process, and only the camera function needs to be replaced by the incoming call. The ringtone prompt function can be used, and will not be described here.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of the method for implementing the above embodiments can be completed by a program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a readable storage medium of a computer, the readable storage medium. Including ROM/RAM, CD, disk, etc.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

Compared with the prior art, the method and system provided by the present invention can automatically disable the corresponding auxiliary functions of the mobile terminal in the disabled area of the auxiliary function, avoiding manual intervention, greatly improving efficiency, and improving the effect of function disablement. Further, after the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal can be automatically turned on, without affecting the normal use of the mobile terminal.

Claims

Claim

1. A method for automatically disabling an auxiliary function of a mobile terminal, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

And determining, by the network server, that the mobile terminal sends an instruction to open the auxiliary function to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area according to the location information of the mobile terminal;

The mobile terminal opens the auxiliary function after receiving an instruction to open the auxiliary function.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the auxiliary function disabled by the disabled area is a camera function and/or a ringtone prompt function after an incoming call.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

The monitoring area is comprised of a sum of signal coverage areas of one or more base stations that signal coverage of at least a portion of the disabled area;

The steps of determining the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area include:

When the base station detects that the new mobile terminal is connected, it reports to the network server that there is a new mobile terminal access event and carries the identity of the accessed mobile terminal, and the network server according to the event reported by the base station Determining that the mobile terminal accessing the base station is a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area; or

When the base station detects that the new mobile terminal accesses, it reports to the network server that there is a new mobile terminal access event and carries the identity of the accessed mobile terminal and the identifier of the base station, and the network server determines The identifier of the base station is that when the pre-configured signal covers the identifier of the base station that at least partially disables the area, the mobile terminal accessing the base station is determined to be the mobile terminal entering the monitoring area.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

The monitoring area is a location area used by the wireless communication system to record a current location of the mobile terminal;

In the wireless communication system, the device that is located in the location area of the mobile terminal can detect that the mobile terminal enters the location area that is the monitoring area, and reports the event that the mobile terminal enters the monitoring area to the network server and carries the identifier of the mobile terminal, the network server. Determining, according to the event, the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area; or

In the wireless communication system, the device that is located in the location area of the mobile terminal detects that the mobile terminal enters the location area that is the monitoring area, and reports the mobile terminal and the location area of the monitoring area to the network server, where When the network server determines that the identifier of the location area is a pre-configured identifier of the location area that is the disabled area, it is determined that the mobile terminal is the mobile terminal that enters the monitoring area.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

After the network server determines to enter the mobile terminal of the monitoring area, first query the mobile terminal for information about whether the mobile terminal supports the auxiliary function, and determine that the mobile terminal supports the auxiliary function, and then And acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal in real time and determining whether the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, and if it is determined that the mobile terminal does not support the auxiliary function, ending monitoring of the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein:

The step of acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal in real time includes: after the network server determines to enter the mobile terminal of the monitoring area, sending a continuous positioning instruction to the mobile terminal or notifying the positioning server to perform the mobile terminal Continuously locating, and acquiring location information of the mobile terminal in real time by receiving signaling including location information of the mobile terminal;

Determining whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the disabled area includes: determining, by the network server, whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the mobile terminal by comparing a current location of the mobile terminal with a pre-configured location of the disabled area. Described area;

The method further includes: the network server determining, according to location information of the mobile terminal, After the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area, the continuous positioning of the mobile terminal is stopped.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

After the network server determines that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, sends an instruction to the mobile terminal to change the time interval, and after receiving the instruction of the modified time interval, the mobile terminal shall initially set The fixed timing interval is changed; and

After the network server determines that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, sends an instruction to restore the time interval to the mobile terminal, and after receiving the instruction of the recovery timing interval, the mobile terminal will change the length The timing interval is restored to the initially set timing interval.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: the network server setting a flag corresponding to an auxiliary function opening and closing state, transmitting an instruction to close the auxiliary function or transmitting the closed auxiliary function And obtaining a success response of the mobile terminal, setting the flag to a value corresponding to the auxiliary function being turned off; transmitting an instruction to open the auxiliary function or transmitting an instruction to open the auxiliary function and obtaining the movement After the terminal successfully responds, the flag is set to a value corresponding to the opening of the auxiliary function;

The step of determining whether the mobile terminal enters or leaves the disabled area by comparing the current location of the mobile terminal with the pre-configured location of the disabled area comprises: comparing, by the network server, the current Determining, by the location of the pre-configured disabled area, that the mobile terminal is located in the disabled area, and determining, by the network server, whether the auxiliary function of the mobile terminal is open according to the value of the flag corresponding to the auxiliary function opening and closing state a status, if yes, determining that the mobile terminal enters the disabled area, and if not, continuing to receive location information of the mobile terminal and performing the comparison;

If the network server determines, by the comparison, that the mobile terminal is located in the monitoring area but not in the disabled area, the network server determines the mobile terminal according to the value of the flag corresponding to the auxiliary function opening and closing state. Whether the auxiliary function is in an off state, if yes, determining that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area, and if not, continues to receive location information of the mobile terminal and performs the comparison.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein:

The steps to turn the accessibility feature on or off include: Setting a first opening and closing flag of the auxiliary function to a value corresponding to opening or closing; and when the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal supporting manual opening and closing of the auxiliary function, different from the first opening The second opening and closing flag of the closed flag is set to a value corresponding to the opening or closing; wherein the mobile terminal supporting the manual opening and closing of the auxiliary function is only in the first opening and closing flag and the second opening and closing The auxiliary function is allowed only when the value of the flag is a value indicating open.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising: the network server determining that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area in the following manner:

The wireless communication system carries the identifier of the base station currently accessed by the mobile terminal in the signaling that includes the location information of the mobile terminal, and the network server determines that the identifier of the base station is not equal to the pre-configured signal coverage, at least partially disabled. Determining, by the identity of the base station of the area, that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area; or

And the base station that covers the at least partially disabled area reports the event that the mobile terminal leaves the base station and carries the identifier of the mobile terminal to the network server when the mobile terminal leaves the local base station, and the network server determines the mobile according to the event. The terminal leaves the monitoring area; or

Configuring location information of the monitoring area in the network server, if the network server determines that the location of the mobile terminal is outside the monitoring area, determining that the mobile terminal has left the monitoring area; or

After the device in the location area of the mobile terminal detects that the mobile terminal leaves the location area as the monitoring area, the device in the wireless communication system sends an event to the network server that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area and carries the mobile terminal. And determining, by the network server, that the mobile terminal leaves the monitoring area according to the event.

12. The method of claim 6 or 7 or 8, wherein:

The network server and the mobile terminal use the over-the-air OTA protocol signaling to interact through the wireless communication system.

13. A network server supporting automatic disabling of an auxiliary function of a mobile terminal, the network server being configured to:

After learning that a mobile terminal enters the monitoring area through the wireless communication system, it is determined to enter the supervision Controlling the mobile terminal of the area and acquiring location information of the mobile terminal in real time, such as determining that the mobile terminal enters a disabled area of the auxiliary function, and transmitting an instruction to close the auxiliary function to the mobile terminal;

The all or part of the area of the monitoring area is a disabled area of the auxiliary function.

14. A system for automatically disabling a mobile terminal auxiliary function, the system comprising: a wireless communication system, a network server, and a mobile terminal, wherein

15. The system of claim 14 wherein

The wireless network server is further configured to: when determining that the mobile terminal leaves the disabled area according to the location information of the mobile terminal, send an instruction to the mobile terminal to open the auxiliary function; the mobile terminal is further configured to: The auxiliary function is opened upon receiving an instruction of the network server to open the auxiliary function.