Mobile phone detection and interruption system and method
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a system comprising;
at least one processor;
a velocity detection device in operative connection with the at least one processor;
a transmitter device in operative connection with the at least one processor;
a memory in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the memory includes stored therein data representative of a plurality of velocity levels;
wherein the at least one processor is operative to selectively cause the transmitter device to output a plurality of different types of blocking signals capable of at least one of stopping and degrading a mobile phone communication between a mobile phone and a cellular network, wherein for each respective velocity level, the memory is operative to store an association with a respective different type of blocking signal, wherein the at least one processor is responsive to the velocity detection device detecting velocities corresponding to each velocity level, to cause the transmitter device to output the respective different type of blocking signal associated in the memory with the respective velocity level.
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Abstract
A mobile phone detection and interruption system and method are provided. The system is operative to transmit different blocking signals capable of degrading or blocking mobile phone communication in a vehicle responsive to a velocity of the vehicle reaching different pre-configured velocity levels.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a system comprising; at least one processor; a velocity detection device in operative connection with the at least one processor; a transmitter device in operative connection with the at least one processor; a memory in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the memory includes stored therein data representative of a plurality of velocity levels; wherein the at least one processor is operative to selectively cause the transmitter device to output a plurality of different types of blocking signals capable of at least one of stopping and degrading a mobile phone communication between a mobile phone and a cellular network, wherein for each respective velocity level, the memory is operative to store an association with a respective different type of blocking signal, wherein the at least one processor is responsive to the velocity detection device detecting velocities corresponding to each velocity level, to cause the transmitter device to output the respective different type of blocking signal associated in the memory with the respective velocity level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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a) through operation of at least one processor in a vehicle, detecting a first velocity with a velocity detection device in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the processor is in operative connection with a memory, wherein the memory includes stored therein data representative of a plurality of velocity levels; b) through operation of the at least one processor, causing a transmitter device to output a first blocking signal capable of degrading a mobile phone communication between a mobile phone in the vehicle and a cellular network responsive to the processor determining correspondence between the first velocity and a first one of the plurality of velocity levels stored in the memory; c) through operation of the at least one processor, detecting a second velocity with the velocity detection device, wherein the second velocity is greater than the first velocity; and d) through operation of the at least one processor, causing the transmitter device to output a second blocking signal capable of stopping the mobile phone communication between the mobile phone and the cellular network responsive to the processor determining correspondence between the second velocity and a second one of the plurality of velocity levels stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Computer readable media including computer executable instructions operative to cause at least one processor in a vehicle to carry out a method comprising:
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a) through operation of the at least one processor, detecting a first velocity with a velocity detection device in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the processor is in operative connection with a memory, wherein the memory includes stored therein data representative of a plurality of velocity levels; b) through operation of the at least one processor, causing a transmitter device to output a first blocking signal capable of degrading a mobile phone communication between a mobile phone in the vehicle and a cellular network responsive to the processor determining correspondence between the first velocity and a first one of the plurality of velocity levels stored in the memory; c) through operation of the at least one processor, detecting a second velocity with the velocity detection device, wherein the second velocity is greater than the first velocity; and d) through operation of the at least one processor, causing the transmitter device to output a second blocking signal capable of stopping the mobile phone communication between the mobile phone and the cellular network responsive to the processor determining correspondence between the second velocity and a second one of the plurality of velocity levels stored in the memory.
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