Mobile device safe driving
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJoseph A. Schrader, Raman K. Sarin, Ted Tai-Yu Chen, Sharad Agarwal, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Shai Guday, Joseph Spencer King
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Abstract
In embodiments of mobile device safe driving, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a driving mode lock screen. The transition to display the driving mode lock screen occurs without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a safe driving service that is implemented to activate a safe driving mode of the mobile device, and disable features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.
Claims20
A mobile device, comprising:
- a display device;
- and
- a processing system to implement a safe driving service that is configured to perform operations comprising:
- determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;
- responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential;
- and
- disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.
A method, comprising:
- displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;
- receiving user input entered on the device lock screen without receiving an authentication credential;
- transitioning from displaying the device lock screen to displaying a driving mode lock screen;
- activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device;
- and
- disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.
A method, comprising:
- displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;
- determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;
- responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential;
- and
- disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.