US 2026/0091797 A1 · METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING MOBILE DEVICE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION WHILE DETECTING DRIVING ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Techniques for optimizing mobile device resource consumption while detecting driving activities are provided. In examples, an application executing on a mobile device determines that the device is disposed in a vehicle during a drive and receives movement measurements indicating motion of the device caused by a user or the vehicle from a sensor arrangement of the mobile device. The movement measurements are analyzed to detect an occurrence of a driving event during the drive and a notification of the driving event is generated. Audio routes available to the operating system of the device are received by the application and a determination is made that the user is driving the vehicle based on the available audio routes. In response, the notification is provided to the user.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, by an application executing on a mobile phone, that the mobile phone is disposed in a vehicle during a drive;
receiving, by the application, and from a sensor arrangement of the mobile phone, movement measurements indicating motion of the mobile phone caused by a user of the mobile phone or movement of the vehicle during the drive;
analyzing, by the application, the movement measurements to detect an occurrence of a driving event during the drive;
generating, by the application, a notification of the driving event;
receiving, by the application, and from an operating system of the mobile phone, audio routes available to the operating system to output audio during the drive;
determining, by the application, that a user of the mobile phone is driving the vehicle based on the audio routes available to the operating system during the drive;
and
providing, by the application, the notification to a user of the mobile phone in response to determining that user of the mobile phone is driving the vehicle.

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A driving activity detection and attribution system, comprising:

a mobile device, comprising:
an audio interface;
a motion sensor arrangement;
one or more processors coupled to the audio interface and the motion sensor arrangement;
and
a memory storing a set of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining that the mobile device is disposed in a vehicle during a drive;
receiving from the motion sensor arrangement, movement measurements indicating motion of the mobile device caused by a user of the mobile device or movement of the vehicle during the drive;
analyzing the movement measurements to detect an occurrence of a driving event during the drive;
generating a notification of the driving event;
receiving, from the audio interface, audio routes available to the audio interface to output audio during the drive;
determining that the user of the mobile device is driving the vehicle based on the audio routes available to the audio interface during the drive;
and
providing the notification to the user of the mobile device in response to determining that user of the mobile device is driving the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and systems for optimizing mobile device resource consumption while detecting driving activities

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Methods and systems for optimizing mobile device resource consumption while detecting driving activities

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