MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD
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1. Mobile communication device control method, comprising automatically running a usage termination application in a user'"'"'s mobile communication device for disabling the user'"'"'s mobile communication device in response to a vehicle moving at a speed greater than a predetermined speed threshold, including:
- having the user'"'"'s mobile communication device located in the vehicle, and maintaining the usage termination application solely within the user'"'"'s mobile communication device such that the speed-responsive disabling of the user'"'"'s mobile communication device occurs entirely within the existing operations of the mobile communication device alone with no communication of control instructions to or from a network service provider or other party outside the user'"'"'s mobile communication device.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device, including but not limited to cell phones and personal digital assistants, has one or more functions disabled when, from within the device, it is determined that the device is moving at a speed above a speed threshold. An internal application controls such devices from within the devices, especially for turning them off when their users are driving a vehicle.
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1. Mobile communication device control method, comprising automatically running a usage termination application in a user'"'"'s mobile communication device for disabling the user'"'"'s mobile communication device in response to a vehicle moving at a speed greater than a predetermined speed threshold, including:
- having the user'"'"'s mobile communication device located in the vehicle, and maintaining the usage termination application solely within the user'"'"'s mobile communication device such that the speed-responsive disabling of the user'"'"'s mobile communication device occurs entirely within the existing operations of the mobile communication device alone with no communication of control instructions to or from a network service provider or other party outside the user'"'"'s mobile communication device.
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12. Mobile communication device control method, comprising automatically disabling at least one communication function of a mobile communication device traveling at a speed greater than a speed threshold, wherein said automatically disabling includes:
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automatically determining in the mobile communication device, using a usage termination application stored wholly within the mobile communication device, the speed of the mobile communication device; automatically comparing in the mobile communication device, using the usage termination application, the determined speed of the mobile communication device to the speed threshold; and automatically disabling the at least one communication function, using the usage termination application, in response to the determined speed of the mobile communication device exceeding the speed threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of turning a cell phone off when the cell phone is in a vehicle traveling at a speed greater than a speed threshold, the method comprising:
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operating, solely within the cell phone, a usage termination application stored wholly within the cell phone; entering, by manipulating only the cell phone, user interface configuration options into the usage termination application; automatically determining in the cell phone, using the usage termination application, the speed of the vehicle; automatically comparing in the cell phone, using the usage termination application, the determined speed of the vehicle to the speed threshold; and automatically turning off from within the cell phone, using the usage termination application, the cell phone in response to the determined speed of the vehicle exceeding the speed threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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