Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for restricting communications at a network level. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a system that includes at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the at least one processor performs operations that includes receiving location coordinates such as, but not limited to, a building's coordinates, a name of a business, and a freeform shape that defines a boundary. The operations include restricting, at the network level, communications associated with a device determined to be within a boundary corresponding to the location coordinates.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Proprty LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Cook, Jade Kerr, Mohit Mathur, Michael Morrissey, Clinton Smoyer