Systems and methods for handling communications during user operation of a motor vehicle
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorFrankie Lockenour
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Abstract
In one aspect, a system for receiving communications while a user operates a motor vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a Bluetooth interface configured to establish a connection to a Bluetooth device associated with the motor vehicle, (2) a wireless communication interface configured to receive a wireless communication from a remote device, and (3) a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface and the Bluetooth interface, and configured to: (a) determine the user is operating the motor vehicle based upon the connection to the Bluetooth device, and (b) suppress a notification of the user of receipt of the wireless communication while the user is operating the motor vehicle.
Claims20
A mobile device for receiving communications while a user operates a motor vehicle, the mobile device comprising:
- a BLUETOOTH interface configured to establish a connection to a BLUETOOTH device associated with the motor vehicle;
- a wireless communication interface configured to receive a first wireless communication from a remote device;
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- a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface and the BLUETOOTH interface, and configured to:
- transmit a speed of the motor vehicle to a wireless base station,
- receive a delay notification instruction from the wireless base station, wherein the delay notification instruction indicates that the wireless base station has determined that the user is operating the motor vehicle,
- in response to the delay notification instruction, suppress receipt notifications from the mobile device to the user indicating receipt of wireless communications by the mobile device,
- receive the first wireless communication and a bypass code from the remote device, and
- in response to receiving the bypass code, authenticate the bypass code to release the receipt notification of the first wireless communication to the user.
A computer-implemented method of handling communications to a mobile device while a user operates a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- establishing a BLUETOOTH connection between the mobile device and a BLUETOOTH device associated with the motor vehicle using a BLUETOOTH interface;
- transmitting, to a wireless base station, a speed of the motor vehicle determined by the mobile device;
- receiving a delay notification instruction from the wireless base station wherein the delay notification instruction indicates that the wireless base station has determined that the user is operating the motor vehicle;
- in response to the delay notification instruction, suppressing receipt notifications from the mobile device to the user indicating receipt of wireless communications by the mobile device;
- receiving, at a wireless communication interface, a first wireless communication from a remote device including a first receipt notification for indicating to the user that the first wireless communication was received;
- receiving a bypass code from the remote device;
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- in response to receiving the bypass code, authenticate the bypass code to release the first receipt notification of the first wireless communication to the user.
A computer-implemented method of handling communications to a mobile device while a user operates a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to a wireless base station, a speed of the motor vehicle determined by the mobile device;
- receiving a delay notification instruction from the wireless base station wherein the delay notification instruction indicates that the wireless base station has determined that the user is operating the motor vehicle;
- in response to the delay notification instruction, suppressing receipt notifications from the mobile device to the user indicating receipt of wireless notifications by the mobile device;
- receiving, at a wireless communication interface, a first wireless communication from a remote device including a first receipt notification for indicating to the user that the first wireless communication was received;
- receiving a bypass code from the remote device;
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- in response to receiving the bypass code, authenticate the bypass code to release the first receipt notification of the first wireless communication to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.