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Early notification of driving status to a mobile device

  • US 10,560,824 B1
  • Filed: 10/16/2018
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile device configured to detect a driving status of a person, the mobile device comprising:

  • a native address book stored in a memory of the mobile device; and

    a software application stored in the memory that, when executed by a processor of the mobile device, causes the mobile device to;

    request permission of the person to allow access to location, motion, notification services, and a list of contacts in a mobile device of the person;

    detect driving indicators of the person;

    transmit driving indicators to a server to determine if the person is driving; and

    notify the driving status of the person to mobile devices of connected contacts; and

    transform data records in the native address books with the driving status of the contact associated with the person by inserting a Unicode character in the data records of the native address books;

    wherein transforming of data records in the native address books transform a third party application to display on a screen of the mobile devices the driving status alongside a contact name of the contact when the third party application is subsequently executed.

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