# US 2013/0252575 A1 · Apparatus for and system for enabling a mobile communicator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0252575 A1 - Document ID: US20130252575A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/887,667 - Filed: 2013-05-06 - Published: 2013-09-26 - Earliest claimed: 2005-05-10 - Assignees: Mobile Communication Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Mobile Communication Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Robert C. Ewell, JR.; Douglas L. Garmany; Charles T. Kelly - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130252575A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information} - H04M 1/66: with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling (verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32) - H04M 1/72421: with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm - H04M 2250/06: including a wireless LAN interface - H04M 2250/10: including a GPS signal receiver - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04M 2250/74: with voice recognition means - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract Disclosed herein is a mobile communicator that includes a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality. The mobile communicator includes a display, a notification mechanism, a user interface, a transmitter and a receiver. Further, the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state. The mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete. A logic of the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state, wherein the at least one of the plurality of functions become enabled, when a condition is satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile communicator comprising: a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality; a display; a notification mechanism for alerting a user; a user interface configured for allowing a user to enter a plurality of inputs; a transmitter in operable communication with the user interface; a receiver capable of receiving a transmission from a transmitting device; and an enabling system; wherein the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state; wherein the mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete; and wherein the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state when a speed detection system of the mobile communicator determines that the mobile communicator is moving at a speed that is less than a setpoint speed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the speed detection system selected from the group consisting of GPS, triangulation, multilateration, vehicle diagnostics, inertial navigation, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile communicator of claim 2, wherein the speed detection system is deactivated until a second condition is met. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile communicator of claim 3, wherein the second condition is that a user attempts to activate the text messaging interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator is a communicator selected from the group consisting of a cell phone, an IPAD®, a tablet, a mobile computer, a BLACKBERRY®, an IPHONE®, and a GPS device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein a speed sensing system of the mobile communicator is configured to enter into a “sleep mode” automatically. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein a speed sensing system of the mobile communicator is configured to enter into a “sleep mode” wherein the speed sensing system is disabled until an activating event. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile communicator of claim 7, wherein the activating event is the mobile communicator receiving a call, and wherein the mobile communicator is configured to provide a message to a caller. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator is automatically enabled by the enabling system for a predetermined amount of time after an emergency communication is made by the mobile communicator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator stores a log of enabled and disabled functions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator stores a log of incoming and transmitted signals that take place and the corresponding enabled and disabled functions at the time of the incoming and transmitted signals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator stores a log of at least one of incoming and transmitted signals that take place and the mobile communicator stores a log of a determination of whether the mobile communicator is moving at a speed that is less than a setpoint speed at the time of the incoming and transmitted signals. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator is programmable with at least one pre-authorized destination device, and wherein the mobile communicator is only communicable with the at least one pre-authorized destination device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator is programmable with at least one pre-authorized destination device, and wherein an alert is sent to a controlling authority when the mobile communicator communicates with a non-authorized destination device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the enabling system is configured to enable at least one function based on a span of time in a day. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the mobile communicator forwards a communication to another device when the mobile communicator is in the initial default disabled state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the initial default disabled state includes at least one enabled function and where the condition disables the at least one enabled function. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The mobile communicator of claim 1, wherein the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to the enabled state when the user inputs an voluntary override command. ### Claim 19 A mobile communicator, comprising: a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality; a display; a notification mechanism for alerting a user; a user interface configured for allowing a user to enter a plurality of inputs; a transmitter in operable communication with the user interface; a receiver capable of receiving a transmission from a transmitting device; and an enabling system; wherein the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state; wherein the mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete; and wherein the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state when a hands-free mode of the mobile communicator is activated. ### Claim 20 A mobile communicator comprising: a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality; a display; a notification mechanism for alerting a user; a user interface configured for allowing a user to enter a plurality of inputs; a transmitter in operable communication with the user interface; a receiver capable of receiving a transmission from a transmitting device; and an enabling system; wherein the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state; wherein the mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete; and wherein the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state when the mobile communicator receives an enabling signal from a third party source that is separate from the mobile communicator.