US 2012/0071151 A1Published application

System and method for selectively restricting in-vehicle mobile device usage

AssigneeCellepathy Inc.

InventorsDan Abramson, Itzhak Pomerantz, Sarit Pomerantz

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Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for computing various determinations at one or more mobile devices and/or central machines. In part, such determinations are computed based on analysis of one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of one or more devices. Such determinations include determining an in-vehicle role, an in-vehicle location, a handheld state, and a vehicle class. Various transformations, modifications, and outputs can result from such determinations. Also disclosed are systems and methods for restricting operation of a mobile device, including restrictions that impede operation by a driver moreso than operation by a passenger. Also disclosed are systems and methods for orienting a coordinate system of a mobile device.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for restricting operation of a mobile device, the mobile device having at least one of a user interface, an operating system, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a GPS receiver, a microphone, a magnetometer, a camera, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, an altitude sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, a near-field communication (NFC) device, a compass, and a communications interface, the method comprising:

at least one of:
(i) employing one or more restrictions at the mobile device, and
(ii) employing one or more restrictions in relation to the mobile device;
at least one of the restrictions dictating at least one operation state of the mobile device;
receiving at least a first input and a second input, each of the first input and the second input originating at least one of the user interface, the operating system, the accelerometer, the gyroscope, the GPS receiver, the microphone, the magnetometer, the camera, the light sensor, the temperature sensor, the altitude sensor, the pressure sensor, the proximity sensor, the NFC device, the compass, and the communications interface of the mobile device;
analyzing the first input and the second input to determine a presence of at least one of:
(i) two or more users and
(ii) two or more mobile devices;
and
modifying an employment of the at least one restriction based on a determination of the presence of at least one of:
(i) two or more users;
and
(ii) two or more mobile devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/244,978Filed 26 Sep 2011
Priority: 21 Sep 2010
Published: 22 Mar 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04W 4/14
Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements: short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…
H04M 1/72463
With means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions: to restrict the functionality of the device
H04W 4/40
Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

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Application61/384,726Us provisional application · filed 21 Sep 2010
Application61/427,228Us provisional application · filed 27 Dec 2010
Application13/244,978Continuation in part
US 8,290,480 B2Related patent
US 2012/0071151 A1This patent

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