In-vehicle mobile device distracted driver control

A mobile device, comprising:

• a movement sensor;
• a location sensor;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• collect sensor data from at least one of the movement sensor and the location sensor;
• determine that the mobile device is being operated within a moving vehicle based on the sensor data;
• and
• in response to determining that the mobile device is being operated within the moving vehicle based on the sensor data:
• collect user interaction data indicative of a user's interactions with the mobile device while the mobile device is being operated within the moving vehicle;
• create a movement profile based on the sensor data;
• create an in-vehicle mobile device usage profile using the collected user interaction data;
• analyze the in-vehicle mobile device usage profile and the movement profile, wherein analyzing the mobile device usage profile and the movement profile comprises computing a score based on analyzing movement events that temporally correspond to user interactions with the mobile device;
• determine that a user of the mobile device is an operator of the moving vehicle based on the computed score that was based on analyzing the movement events that temporally correspond to the user interactions with the mobile device;
• and
• restrict access to one or more functions of the mobile device in response to determining that the user of the mobile device is currently the operator of the moving vehicle.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium for executing by a mobile device, comprising processor-readable instructions that cause one or more processors to:

• collect sensor data from at least one of a movement sensor of the mobile device and a location sensor of the mobile device
• collect user interaction data indicative of a user's interactions with the mobile device while the mobile device is being operated within a moving vehicle;
• create a movement profile based on the sensor data;
• create an in-vehicle mobile device usage profile using the collected user interaction data;
• analyze the in-vehicle mobile device usage profile and the movement profile, wherein analyzing the mobile device usage profile and the movement profile comprises computing a score based on analyzing movement events that temporally correspond to user interactions with the mobile device;
• determine that a user of the mobile device is an operator of the moving vehicle based on the computed score that was based on analyzing the movement events that temporally correspond to the user interactions with the mobile device;
• and
• restrict access to one or more functions of the mobile device in response to determining that the user of the mobile device is currently the operator of the moving vehicle.