# US 2020/0288010 A1 · Standard mobile communication device distraction prevention and safety protocols > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288010 A1 - Document ID: US20200288010A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/881,524 - Filed: 2020-05-22 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2009-09-21 - Assignees: Cell Command, Inc. - Applicants: Cell Command, Inc. - Inventors: John J. Fischer; Hap Nguyen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288010A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/017: identifying vehicles (G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence) - G07C 9/29: the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards - H04M 1/6075: {adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle (H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241)} - H04M 1/67: by electronic means - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - H04M 1/72463: to restrict the functionality of the device - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 48/04: based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - G07C 9/00674: {with switch-buttons} - G07C 2009/00793: {by Hertzian waves} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 2250/02: including a Bluetooth® interface - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile device comprising: a memory configured to store software instructions in at least one program module; and a processor configured to execute the software instructions from the at least one program module in the memory; wherein the processor is configured to execute the software instructions in the at least one program module to: discover at least one discovery information trigger signal transmitted by at least one transmitter corresponding to a modified universally unique identification (UUID) code, wherein the modified UUID code comprises a format formed through modification of at least one of a structure of a pre-existing UUID code format and a meaning of one or more bytes of the pre-existing UUID code format, and wherein at least a portion of the modified UUID code identifies a specified environment corresponding to a behavior; and activate the behavior in the mobile device based on the modified UUID code. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein one or more of the at least one discovery information trigger signal is received via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein one or more of the at least one discovery information trigger signal is received via satellite. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the behavior corresponds to at least a partial disablement of functionality of the mobile device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the specified environment corresponds to at least one of a transportation vehicle, a school, a classroom, a correctional facility (prison), an airport, an airplane, a courtroom, a hospital, a church, a theatre, a fly zone, a danger zone, a bedroom, and an auditorium. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the activation comprises determining, from a look up table, the behavior corresponding to the at least one discovery information trigger signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the discovering comprises searching for the at least one transmitter in the specified environment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the discovering is in response to the mobile device entering a proximity range of the at least one transmitter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software instructions from the memory to further query the at least one transmitter. ### Claim 10 A mobile device comprising: a memory configured to store software instructions in at least one program module; and a processor configured to executed the software instructions from the at least one program module in the memory; wherein the processor is configured to execute the software instructions in the at least one program module to: discover a connectionless non-pairing trigger signal broadcast by a Bluetooth transmitter, wherein the trigger signal comprises a modified device identifier, and wherein discovery of the trigger signal is indicative that the mobile device is located within a limited communication range of the Bluetooth transmitter; and activate a behavior in the mobile device based on the modified device identifier received in the trigger signal, wherein the activated behavior comprises performing a safety enhancement protocol. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the safety enhancement protocol comprises notification of safety officials. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the safety enhancement protocol is activated per selection by a state agency. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the modified device identifier is formed through modification of both a value of a pre-existing device identifier and a structure of a format of the pre-existing device identifier. ### Claim 14 A method of activating a safety enhancement protocol behavior in a mobile device, comprising: discovering, by a processor in the mobile device, a connectionless non-pairing trigger signal broadcast by a Bluetooth transmitter, wherein the trigger signal comprises a modified device identifier, and wherein discovery of the trigger signal is indicative that the mobile device is located within a limited communication range of the Bluetooth transmitter; and activating, by the processor, a behavior in the mobile device based on the modified device identifier received in the trigger signal, wherein the activated behavior comprises performing a safety enhancement protocol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the safety enhancement protocol comprises notification of safety officials. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the safety enhancement protocol is activated per selection by a state agency. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method claim 14, wherein the modified device identifier is formed through modification of both a value of a pre-existing device identifier and a structure of a format of the pre-existing device identifier.