Systems and methodologies for controlling an electronic device within a vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for controlling an electronic device, the system comprising:
- circuitry configured toidentify at least one mobile electronic device located within a vehicle, the circuitry including a first register configured to store at least a factors vector characterizing the vehicle and a user of the at least one mobile electronic device,determine an operating status of the vehicle,update one or more values of the factors vector based on the operating status of the vehicle,identify one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device based on the factors vector, andcontrol the identified one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device includingdisabling the one or more functions to provide a disabled function,detect an attempt to activate the disabled function;
update an attempt counter in response to detecting an attempt to activate the disabled function; and
send an alert to an external device when the attempt counter reaches a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling an electronic device, the method including identifying, by processing circuitry of a controller, at least one electronic device located within a vehicle, the processing circuitry including a first register configured to store at least a factors vector characterizing the vehicle and a user of the at least one electronic device, determining, by the processing circuitry of the controller, an operating status of the vehicle, updating, by the processing circuitry of the controller, one or more values of the factors vector based on the operating status of the vehicle, identifying, by the processing circuitry of the controller, one or more functions of the at least one electronic device based on the factors vector, and controlling the identified one or more functions of the at least one electronic device.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for controlling an electronic device, the system comprising:
circuitry configured to identify at least one mobile electronic device located within a vehicle, the circuitry including a first register configured to store at least a factors vector characterizing the vehicle and a user of the at least one mobile electronic device, determine an operating status of the vehicle, update one or more values of the factors vector based on the operating status of the vehicle, identify one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device based on the factors vector, and control the identified one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device including disabling the one or more functions to provide a disabled function, detect an attempt to activate the disabled function; update an attempt counter in response to detecting an attempt to activate the disabled function; and send an alert to an external device when the attempt counter reaches a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
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identifying, by processing circuitry of a controller, at least one mobile electronic device located within a vehicle, the processing circuitry including a first register configured to store at least a factors vector characterizing the vehicle and a user of the at least one mobile electronic device; determining, by the processing circuitry of the controller, an operating status of the vehicle; updating, by the processing circuitry of the controller, one or more values of the factors vector based on the operating status of the vehicle; identifying, by the processing circuitry of the controller, one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device based on the factors vector; and controlling the identified one or more functions of the at least one mobile electronic device including disabling the one or more functions to provide a disabled function, detect an attempt to activate the disabled function; update an attempt counter in response to detecting an attempt to activate the disabled function; and send an alert to an external device when the attempt counter reaches a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable instructions therein which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
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identifying at least one electronic device located within a vehicle, the processing circuitry including a first register configured to store at least a factors vector characterizing the vehicle and a user of the at least one electronic device, determining an operating status of the vehicle; updating one or more values of the factors vector based on the operating status of the vehicle; identifying one or more functions of the at least one electronic device based on the factors vector; and controlling the identified one or more functions of the at least one electronic device including disabling the one or more functions to provide a disabled function, detect an attempt to activate the disabled function; update an attempt counter in response to detecting an attempt to activate the disabled function; and send an alert to an external device when the attempt counter reaches a predetermined threshold.
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