System and methods to facilitate safe driving
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1. A vehicle safety system operating on a driver'"'"'s cellphone and comprising:
- selective blocking apparatus, controlled by a processor, for blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a vehicle in motion; and
communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and deliver updates which determine which specified functionalities the selective blocking apparatus is to blockwherein the processor is configured to include cellphone identification functionality operative to identify presence of a cellphone in a driver'"'"'s seat area by receiving and analyzing RF signals of the cellphone'"'"'s modem and accordingly, to command the selective blocking apparatus to block specified functionalities of only the driver'"'"'s cellphone without affecting functioning of other cellphones present in the vehiclethe system also comprising plural sensors deployed in plural vehicle locationsand wherein said cellphone identification functionality utilizes at least Channel Fingerprinting technology to distinguish the driver'"'"'s cellphone from other cellphones present in a vehicle,and wherein said Channel Fingerprinting technology utilized by said cellphone identification functionality comprises Signal Level based technologywherein transmitted power values and frequency ranges of mobile phones are known to the system for each region based on a cellular standard employed by the phone and wherein propagation characteristics are predetermined in in-vehicle repeatability simulations.
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Abstract
A vehicle safety system operating on a driver'"'"'s cellphone and comprising selective blocking apparatus, controlled by a processor, for blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a moving vehicle; and communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and feed to said processor, updates which determine which specified functionalities to block.
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1. A vehicle safety system operating on a driver'"'"'s cellphone and comprising:
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selective blocking apparatus, controlled by a processor, for blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a vehicle in motion; and communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and deliver updates which determine which specified functionalities the selective blocking apparatus is to block wherein the processor is configured to include cellphone identification functionality operative to identify presence of a cellphone in a driver'"'"'s seat area by receiving and analyzing RF signals of the cellphone'"'"'s modem and accordingly, to command the selective blocking apparatus to block specified functionalities of only the driver'"'"'s cellphone without affecting functioning of other cellphones present in the vehicle the system also comprising plural sensors deployed in plural vehicle locations and wherein said cellphone identification functionality utilizes at least Channel Fingerprinting technology to distinguish the driver'"'"'s cellphone from other cellphones present in a vehicle, and wherein said Channel Fingerprinting technology utilized by said cellphone identification functionality comprises Signal Level based technology wherein transmitted power values and frequency ranges of mobile phones are known to the system for each region based on a cellular standard employed by the phone and wherein propagation characteristics are predetermined in in-vehicle repeatability simulations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a vehicle safety method operating on a driver'"'"'s cellphone and comprising:
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controlling a processor for selectively blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a vehicle in motion; and controlling communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and deliver updates which determine which specified functionalities the selective blocking apparatus is to block, wherein the processor is configured to include cellphone identification functionality operative to identify presence of a cellphone in a driver'"'"'s seat area by receiving and analyzing RF signals of the cellphone'"'"'s modem and, accordingly, to block specified functionalities of only the driver'"'"'s cellphone without affecting functioning of other cellphones present in the vehicle wherein plural sensors are deployed in plural vehicle locations and wherein said cellphone identification functionality utilizes at least Channel Fingerprinting technology to distinguish the driver'"'"'s cellphone from other cellphones present in a vehicle, and wherein said Channel Fingerprinting technology utilized by said cellphone identification functionality comprises Signal Level based technology wherein transmitted power values and frequency ranges of mobile phones are known to the system for each region based on a cellular standard employed by the phone and wherein propagation characteristics are predetermined in in-vehicle repeatability simulations.
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5. A vehicle safety method operating on a driver'"'"'s cellphone and comprising:
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using a processor for selectively blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a vehicle in motion; and using communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and deliver updates which determine which specified functionalities the selective blocking apparatus is to block, wherein the processor is configured to include cellphone identification functionality operative to identify presence of a cellphone in a driver'"'"'s seat area by receiving and analyzing RF signals of the cellphone'"'"'s modem and accordingly, to block specified functionalities of only the driver'"'"'s cellphone without affecting functioning of other cellphones present in the vehicle, wherein said cellphone identification functionality utilizes at least Channel Fingerprinting technology to distinguish the driver'"'"'s cellphone from other cellphones present in a vehicle, wherein said Channel Fingerprinting technology utilized by said cellphone identification functionality comprises Signal Level based technology, and wherein transmitted power values and frequency ranges of mobile phones are known to the system for each region based on a cellular standard employed by the phone and wherein propagation characteristics are predetermined in in-vehicle repeatability simulations. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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