Apparatus and method for inhibiting portable electronic devices
OwnerJames Roy Bradleyinventor
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Abstract
This accessory is apparatus capable of implementing a method that can affect one or more features of a portable electronic device when brought into a vehicle having a radio with a right and left speaker. The accessory has a sender for initiating transmission of an RF test signal at the portable electronic device The RF test signal is arranged to cause the radio to produce a distinct pair of audio responses from the right and left speaker. The accessory has a discriminator for determining for the right and left speaker the corresponding return delay between transmission of the RF test signal and arrival of the distinct pair of audio responses at the portable electronic device.
Claims29
An accessory for affecting one or more features of a portable electronic device that can be brought into a vehicle having a radio with a right and a left speaker, the accessory comprising:
- a sender for initiating transmission of an RF test signal at said portable electronic device, said RF test signal being arranged to cause said radio to produce a distinct pair of audio responses from the right and the left speaker;
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- a discriminator for determining for the right and the left speaker the return delay between transmission of said RF test signal and arrival of the distinct pair of audio responses at said portable electronic device.
A method for affecting one or more features of a portable electronic device that can be brought into a vehicle having a radio with a right and a left speaker, the method comprising the steps of:
- initiating transmission of an RF test signal at said portable electronic device, said RF test signal being arranged to cause said radio to produce a distinct pair of audio responses from the right and the left speaker;
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- determining for the right and the left speaker the return delay between transmission of said RF test signal and arrival of the distinct pair of audio responses at said portable electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.