Moors, T., Mei, M., and Salim, A. "Using short-range communication to control mobile device functionality". Personal & Ubiquitous Computing; Jan2008, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p11-18.
The authors introduce the idea of ZoneIT, which is a system that allows for voluntary disabling of certain services of a mobile device within a short range zone. The idea is that in a cinema or something of the like, you want to be able to automatically silence your phone (by disabling the ringer). This is what ZoneIT seeks to do. It would have a manual override as to not hinder emergency situations such as a hijacking on a plane.
ZoneIT uses its own authentication system to sync up mobile devices. Mobile devices must be pre-programmed to have the public key for venues which they trust.
Their test involved a Sony Ericsson. One problem was the API did not allow the disabling of audio in the phone (but could mute vibrations). The developers worked around this by exploiting a bug in the audio engine.
They claim that everyone would benefit from the implementation of these zones.
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