Method and apparatus for interlocking communication and...

Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system

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C455S404200, C455S456100, C455S456300, C455S456400, C455S456500, C455S456600, C455S457000, C455S418000, C455S419000, C455S420000, C379S102010, C342S357490, C342S357490

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07853271

ABSTRACT:
A wireless communication device transmits location information associated with a mobile worker, and provides an option to the mobile worker to disable such location transmissions. The use of the location transmission function is enhanced by interlocking the location tracking function with one or more other functions of the wireless communication device. When the tracking function is disabled, one or more other functions that the mobile worker finds valuable are also disabled, thus reducing the likelihood that the mobile worker will disable location tracking. Rules may be implemented to disable the other functions only in the event that disabling the tracking function violates a violated. Location monitoring for such workers is thereby enhanced.

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