# US 2014/0155052 A1 · Mobile device services control system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155052 A1 - Document ID: US20140155052A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/085,582 - Filed: 2013-11-20 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-20 - Inventors: Kenneth Matthew Glover - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155052A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] - H04L 41/5054: Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components - H04L 41/5077: {wherein the managed service relates to simple transport services, i.e. providing only network infrastructure} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system provides a means to enable and disable predetermined mobile device services to prevent driver distraction while operating a motor vehicle. Once a vehicle is turned on the Mobile Device Service Control algorithm determines a mobile device(s) and vehicle location to determine their proximity to each other. Services are enabled or disabled depending on the result of proximity determination. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile device service management platform comprising: a microcontroller configured to: send mobile device data to a carrier network, the mobile device data includes an indication a specified mobile device is ON; in response to a determination the specified mobile device is in a same location as a vehicle having a vehicle status of ON, receive a control signal from the carrier disabling a designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile device service management platform of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is further configured to: in response to at least one of: a determination the vehicle status is OFF, and a determination the specified mobile device is not in the same location as the vehicle, receive a control signal from the carrier enabling the designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile device service management platform of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is further configured to: receive a signal from a tracking device of the vehicle through a microphone of the specified mobile device; and as a result of receiving the signal from the tracking device, receiving the control signal from the carrier disabling the designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile device service management platform of claim 3, wherein the tracking device is coupled to a vehicle interface comprising at least one of: an On-Board Diagnostics II (OBDII) communication bus, a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1939 vehicle bus, and a standard control line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mobile device service management platform of claim 3, wherein the tracking device is configured to: in response to determining the vehicle status is ON, sending vehicle data to a server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The mobile device service management platform of claim 3, wherein the determination the specified mobile device is in the same location as the vehicle having a vehicle status of ON is based on: the received signal from the tracking device of the vehicle through the microphone of the specified mobile device, wherein the received signal from the tracking device of the vehicle through the microphone of the specified mobile device is emitted from a speaker in the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile device service management platform of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is further configured to: determine the specified mobile device is ON; and in response to the determination the specified mobile device is ON, send the mobile device data to the carrier network. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code that, when executed by processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to: receive vehicle data from a tracking device, the vehicle data including a vehicle status of a vehicle; determine whether a vehicle status is ON; determine whether a specified mobile device is ON; receive mobile device data from the specified mobile device; determine whether the specified mobile device is in a same location as the vehicle; and in response to determining the specified mobile device is in the same location as the vehicle, disable a designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer program further comprise computer readable program code that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to: in response to at least one of: a determination the vehicle status is OFF, and a determination the specified mobile device is not in the same location as the vehicle, enable the designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the tracking device is coupled to the vehicle via a vehicle interface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the vehicle interface comprises at least one of: an On-Board Diagnostics II (OBDII) communication bus, a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1939 vehicle bus, and a standard control line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer program further comprises computer readable program code that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to: in response to a determination by the tracking device that the vehicle status is ON, receive the vehicle data. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer program further comprises computer readable program code that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to: determine whether the specified mobile device is ON by: determining whether the specified mobile device is active on a carrier network. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer program further comprises computer readable program code that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to: determine whether the mobile device is in the same location as the vehicle based on a signal received from a speaker of vehicle through a microphone receiver of the mobile device. ### Claim 15 A Mobile Device Services Control system comprising: a tracking device configured to: couple to a vehicle; determine whether a vehicle status of the vehicle is ON; send vehicle data to a server, the vehicle data including the vehicle status; and broadcast an audio signal within the vehicle, wherein in response to a mobile device detecting the audio signal a designated wireless service for the mobile device is disabled. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein in response to the mobile device detecting the signal, the mobile device transmits a disable signal to a network server and wherein the network server is configured to in response to at least one of: a determination the vehicle status is OFF, and a determination the specified mobile device is not in the same location as the vehicle, enable the designated wireless service to the specified mobile device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the tracking device is coupled to the vehicle via a vehicle interface, ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the vehicle interface comprises at least one of: an On-Board Diagnostics II (OBDII) communication bus, a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1939 vehicle bus, and a standard control line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein in response to the mobile device detecting the signal, the mobile device transmits a disable signal to a network server and wherein the network server is configured to at least one of: a determination that the mobile device is ON, and a determination that the specified mobile device is in the same location as the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the determination whether the specified mobile device is ON is based on a determination whether the specified mobile device is active on a carrier network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein one of the server, the tracking device, and the mobile device is further configured to: determine whether the mobile device is in the same location as the vehicle based on: a signal received from a speaker of vehicle through a microphone receiver of the mobile device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the tracking device includes a satellite radio subscriber equipment.