SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MOBILE DEVICE SAFETY BY SELECTIVELY DISABLING DEVICE FEATURES DURING UNSAFE OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS
First Claim
1. A system for improving safe operation of mobile communication devices, comprising:
- an operational module installable on a mobile communication device;
the mobile communication device able to communicate wirelessly over a mobile communications network, the mobile communication device having a plurality of internal sensors, a plurality of external sensors, a user interface, and a plurality of communications modules;
the operational module able to monitor at least one of the plurality of internal sensors and at least one of the plurality of external sensors, to determine whether the mobile communication device state is one of a plurality of predetermined device states, the predetermined device states representing predetermined watch list operations;
the predetermined watch list operations being determined based on improving the safe operation of the mobile communications device;
the operational module further able to execute predetermined operations in the event the mobile communication device state is one of the plurality of predetermined device states; and
the predetermined operations including controlling operation of the user interface and at least one of the plurality of communications modules.
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Abstract
A system for improving safe operation of mobile communication devices includes an operational module installable on a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device is able to communicate wirelessly over a mobile communications network and has a plurality of internal sensors, a plurality of external sensors, a user interface, and a plurality of communications modules. The operational module is able to monitor at least one of the internal sensors and the external sensors, to determine whether the mobile communication device state is one of a plurality of predetermined device states. The predetermined device states represent predetermined watch list operations, which are determined based on improving the safe operation of the mobile communication device. The operational module executes predetermined operations in the event the mobile communication device state is one of the plurality of predetermined device states, which include controlling operation of the user interface and at least one of the plurality of communications modules.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for improving safe operation of mobile communication devices, comprising:
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an operational module installable on a mobile communication device; the mobile communication device able to communicate wirelessly over a mobile communications network, the mobile communication device having a plurality of internal sensors, a plurality of external sensors, a user interface, and a plurality of communications modules; the operational module able to monitor at least one of the plurality of internal sensors and at least one of the plurality of external sensors, to determine whether the mobile communication device state is one of a plurality of predetermined device states, the predetermined device states representing predetermined watch list operations; the predetermined watch list operations being determined based on improving the safe operation of the mobile communications device; the operational module further able to execute predetermined operations in the event the mobile communication device state is one of the plurality of predetermined device states; and the predetermined operations including controlling operation of the user interface and at least one of the plurality of communications modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for improving safe operation of mobile communication devices, comprising:
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running an operational module installed on a mobile communication device; the mobile communication device able to communicate wirelessly over a mobile communications network, the mobile communication device having a plurality of internal sensors, a plurality of external sensors, a user interface, and a plurality of communications modules; monitoring at least one of the plurality of internal sensors and at least one of the plurality of external sensors, to determine whether the mobile communication device state is one of a plurality of predetermined device states, the predetermined device states representing predetermined watch list operations; the predetermined watch list operations being determined based on improving the safe operation of the mobile communications device; executing at least one predetermined operation in the event the mobile communication device state is one of the plurality of predetermined device states; and the predetermined operations including controlling operation of the user interface and at least one of the plurality of communications modules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for improving safe operation of mobile communication devices, the computer program product stored on a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied thereon, the computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to launch an operational module installed on a mobile communication device; the mobile communication device able to communicate wirelessly over a mobile communications network, the mobile communication device having a plurality of internal sensors, a plurality of external sensors, a user interface, and a plurality of communications modules; computer usable program code configured to monitor at least one of the plurality of internal sensors and at least one of the plurality of external sensors, to determine whether the mobile communication device state is one of a plurality of predetermined device states, the predetermined device states representing predetermined watch list operations; the predetermined watch list operations being determined based on improving the safe operation of the mobile communications device; computer usable program code configured to execute predetermined operations in the event the mobile communication device state is one of the plurality of predetermined device states; and the predetermined operations including controlling operation of the user interface and at least one of the plurality of communications modules. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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