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US 2014/0370869 A1Published application
System and method for controlling mobile services using sensor information
AssigneeTksn Holdings, LLC
InventorShamim A. Naqvi
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Abstract
A system includes a database of image data associated with a vehicle; and control logic configured to cause a user device to capture one or more images and compare data associated with the one or more images with the image data to determine if a user is present in a vehicle and disable a text messaging function at least in part responsive to the determination using the image data.
Claims16
A method associated with a user device, comprising:
- activating at least one image capturing device associated with the user device and capturing one or more images responsive to one or more predetermined conditions of the user device;
- at least in part from the one or more images, determining if the user device is located within a vehicle;
- and
- disabling a texting function of the user device at least in part if the user device is determined to be located within a vehicle.
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A system for determining a condition of a user device, the system including at least one machine readable medium including executable instructions for:
- activating at least one image capturing device associated with the user device and capturing one or more images responsive to one or more predetermined conditions of the user device;
- at least in part from the one or more images, determining if the user device is located within a vehicle;
- and
- disabling a texting function of the user device at least in part if the user device is determined to be located within a vehicle.
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A system, comprising:
- a database of image data associated with a vehicle;
- and
- control logic configured to cause a user device to capture one or more images and compare data associated with the one or more images with the image data to determine if a user is present in a vehicle and disable a text messaging function at least in part responsive to the determination using the image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.