One touch text response (OTTER)

• US 20110207441A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Erik Wood
• Original Assignee: Erik Wood
• Inventors: Wood, Erik
• Application Number:
  US12/928,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20110207441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/52 Determining velocity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

OTTER is download-able software for any smartphone in the form of an application (aka: “app”). OTTER is the first app of its kind to interface with the existing smartphone GPS functions to triangulate position and determine speed while generating a texting Auto Reply to any incoming text. This is known as OTTER'"'"'s GPS Mode and when it detects speed in excess of 10 miles per hour, it silences all text alerts (chimes and buzzes) and sends back an Auto Reply saying “The OTTER user is driving”. All incoming phone call ringtones are also silenced while driving unless a wireless Bluetooth device is enabled. This prevents a driver from fumbling for a ringing or buzzing phone while driving. OTTER'"'"'s Parental Control feature was built to empower parents with their teen drivers. A parent can lock the aforementioned GPS Mode on a teen'"'"'s phone with a session specific passcode.

Claims

1. What I claim as my invention is otter'"'"'s gps mode (FIG. 1) as it is the first software in the form of a download-able app to combine gps speed detection capability with a texting auto reply to promote highway safety.

2. What I claim as my invention is OTTER'"'"'s Parental Control (FIG. 2) as it is the first software in the form of a download-able app that empowers the parent of a teen driver with a session specific passcode to lock GPS Mode (FIG. 1) as described in claim #1 and herein this application on their teen'"'"'s smartphone to increase highway safety.