System for limiting mobile phone distraction in motor vehicles and / or within fixed locations

A system for limiting mobile phone distraction in motor vehicles and within fixed locations, executed by a machine, comprising:

• a vehicle transmitter;
• the vehicle transmitter consists of a printed circuit board (PCB) with the capability through a sensor, or a variety of sensors of singular or multiple technologies to detect or predict driver and/or passenger entry or occupancy and initiate a sequence to wake itself;
• the vehicle transmitter has the capability through a transmitter, or a variety of transmitters to broadcast the vehicle's speed, velocity, instantaneous velocity, angular velocity, acceleration, deceleration or other data that can be used to determine if a vehicle is in motion;
• a land transmitter;
• the land transmitter consists of a printed circuit board that is assigned a unique ID that defines single or multiple locations in which mobile phone use is desired to be limited by the mobile phone's owner;
• and
• a mobile receiver;
• the mobile receiver is connected to a mobile device as part of the original equipment integrated into the mobile device's circuit board, or installed in the mobile device after manufacture for receiving transmitted signals from the vehicle transmitter or land transmitter;
• the mobile device itself will limit operation based on predefined settings that are defined by the device's owner;
• the vehicle transmitter programmatically sends commands to the mobile device to de-feature certain capabilities within the mobile application;
• each land transmitter transmits a unique identification so that the mobile handset can recognize the land transmitter;
• the mobile phone recognizes which vehicle transmitter it is nearby;
• when driving, the mobile phone is detected by the vehicle transmitters;
• the mobile phone reports to the administrator to determine what vehicle the driver is driving;
• the vehicle transmitter is labeled to match the vehicle identification;
• and
• the vehicle identification transmits this to the mobile phone as its identification.