Safe use of electronic devices in an automobile
First Claim
1. A method for operating a mobile electronic device within an automobile having an on-board computer, comprising:
- receiving, at the on-board computer, a wireless identification message from the mobile electronic device located within the automobile;
communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device; and
reconfiguring the mobile electronic device as a slave device to the on-board computer in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions.
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Abstract
The present invention presents a method and computer program product for operating a mobile electronic device having a wireless transceiver within an automobile having an on-board computer. The method includes: receiving a wireless information message from the mobile electronic device within the automobile to the on-board computer, establishing a wireless communication link between the on-board computer and the mobile electronic device; communicating instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device to disable a one or more features within the mobile electronic device; and then communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device, whereby the mobile electronic device reconfigures itself to become a slave device to the on-board computer. The motorist may then utilize the mobile electronic device through the input and output devices of the on-board computer.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for operating a mobile electronic device within an automobile having an on-board computer, comprising:
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receiving, at the on-board computer, a wireless identification message from the mobile electronic device located within the automobile;
communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device; and
reconfiguring the mobile electronic device as a slave device to the on-board computer in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 43)
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12. The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile telephone and wherein the instructions are selected from refusal to accept a mobile telephone call, refusal to place a mobile telephone call, placing only emergency mobile telephone calls, limiting the duration of a mobile telephone call, limiting the frequency of mobile telephone calls, limiting motorist input only to voice commands, blocking output to the automobile'"'"'s visual display device or combinations thereof.
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17. A system for operating a mobile electronic device within an automobile having an on-board computer, comprising:
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a mobile electronic device, an on-board computer mounted in an automobile, an address for the mobile electronic device, an address for one or more features within the mobile electronic device, wherein the mobile electronic device communicates wirelessly with the on-board computer, and wherein the mobile electronic device reconfigures itself as a slave device to the on-board computer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program product including instructions embodied on a computer readable medium, the instructions comprising:
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receiving instructions for receiving, at the on-board computer, a wireless identification message from the mobile electronic device located within the automobile;
communicating instructions for communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device; and
reconfiguring instructions for reconfiguring the mobile electronic device as a slave device to the on-board computer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 44)
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38. A method for controlling operation of a mobile telephone within an automobile having an on-board computer, comprising:
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transmitting a wireless discovery signal from a transmitter controlled by the on-board computer;
receiving a wireless identification message from the mobile telephone;
establishing a wireless communication link between the on-board computer and the mobile telephone;
communicating instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile telephone to disable one or more features within the mobile telephone; and
communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile telephone, whereby the mobile telephone reconfigures itself to become a slave device to the on-board computer. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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