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Systems, devices and methods for vehicles

  • US 10,194,017 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2016
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system configured to detect the presence of at least one mobile device within a vehicle and determine if the detected mobile device is an authorized mobile device and whether non hands free mobile device functions are being used while the vehicle is in motion, the system comprising a processor separate from a vehicle engine control unit, in which the processor is electrically coupled to a first antenna configured to receive a wireless transmission from the mobile device when the mobile device is present in the vehicle and transmitting wirelessly, the processor configured to determine if the detected mobile device is an authorized mobile device, the processor further configured to determine if the non hands free mobile device functions of the authorized mobile device are being used when the vehicle is in motion wherein the processor is configured to detect a unique identifier in the received wireless transmission from the mobile device and compare the received unique identifier of the mobile device with a remote listing of mobile device identifiers of authorized mobile devices to thereby determine if the detected mobile device is an authorized mobile device, wherein the remote listing of mobile device identifiers is present on a system separate from the vehicle, and wherein the unique identifier in the received wireless transmission from the mobile device comprises at least one of a MAC address, a SIM number, a USB number, an alpha numeric number or does not include any numeric information, in which the processor is configured to determine if the vehicle is in motion and is configured to permit use of the detected mobile device if the vehicle is not in motion and generate an alert if use of the non hands free mobile device functions is detected when the vehicle is in motion.

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