DISABLING WIRELESS TELEPHONE USE WHILE IN VEHICLE
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1. Method comprising:
- determining that a wireless telephone is in a moving vehicle; and
selectively denying at least telephony service to the telephone in response to the determining act.
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Abstract
A method includes determining that a wireless telephone is in a moving vehicle using, e.g., speed as calculated by the telephone using GPS signals or co-location of the telephone with a vehicle as might be determined by receiving the vehicle'"'"'s position via Bluetooth. Use of the telephone is selectively denied if it is determined that the telephone is in a vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. Method comprising:
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determining that a wireless telephone is in a moving vehicle; and selectively denying at least telephony service to the telephone in response to the determining act. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Wireless telephone, comprising:
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a wireless telephony transceiver; a position receiver; a processor communicating with the transceiver and receiver; and a tangible computer storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing logic to cause the processor to determine if a speed as indicated by signals from the position receiver exceeds a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Wireless telephone, comprising:
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a wireless telephony transceiver; a position receiver; a processor communicating with the transceiver and receiver; and a tangible computer storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing logic to cause the processor to determine if a position of the telephone as indicated by at least one signal from the position receiver substantially matches a position of a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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