February 28, 2001
Motorola scheme uses GPS to disable grey-market imports
Motorola scheme uses GPS to disable grey-market imports
The plan is to embed chips into TVs and cellphones that are either linked to the network of Global Positioning System satellites or are programmed to identify the signal transmitted by national broadcasters. If the chip detects that it is somewhere outside a pre-programmed region, then the equipment will stop working and be "rendered useless", says the company's patent.
Posted by rshah at February 28, 2001 12:00 PM