Alerts for drivers of wireless communication restrictions
First Claim
1. A method for providing to a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones, the method comprising:
- determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications;
acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit;
comparing by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit to locations of said predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles;
upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, initiating the transmission of an alert to the first mobile unit where the alert causes the first mobile unit to output an audible or visual communication available to the user of the first mobile unit, said audible or visual communication providing a warning that a legally imposed restriction on the use of the first wireless mobile unit by a driver of moving vehicle is imposed in the predetermined zone.
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Abstract
An exemplary method provides for a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones. The method includes determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications, and acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit. The communication system compares the location of the first mobile unit to locations of the predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles. Upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, the transmission of an alert is initiated to the first mobile unit. The alert causes the first mobile unit to output an audible or visual communication available to the user of the first mobile unit, where the audible or visual communication provides a warning that a legally imposed restriction on the use of the first wireless mobile unit by a driver of moving vehicle is imposed in the predetermined zone.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing to a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones, the method comprising:
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determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications; acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit; comparing by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit to locations of said predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles; upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, initiating the transmission of an alert to the first mobile unit where the alert causes the first mobile unit to output an audible or visual communication available to the user of the first mobile unit, said audible or visual communication providing a warning that a legally imposed restriction on the use of the first wireless mobile unit by a driver of moving vehicle is imposed in the predetermined zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable tangible medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for providing to a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones, the method comprising:
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determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications; acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit; comparing by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit to locations of said predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles; upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, initiating the transmission of an alert to the first mobile unit where the alert causes the first mobile unit to output an audible or visual communication available to the user of the first mobile unit, said audible or visual communication providing a warning that a legally imposed restriction on the use of the first wireless mobile unit by a driver of moving vehicle is imposed in the predetermined zone. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An application server disposed in a communication system where the application server provides to a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones, the application server comprising:
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a microprocessing unit that accesses information from other nodes in the communication unit to determine if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications; the microprocessing unit acquiring information from other nodes in the communication unit to determine the location of the first mobile unit; the microprocessing unit making comparisons the location of the first mobile unit to locations of said predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles; upon the microprocessing unit determining that the first mobile unit has entered a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and that the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, the microprocessing unit causing the initiation of the transmission of an alert to the first mobile unit where the alert causes the first mobile unit to output an audible or visual communication available to the user of the first mobile unit, said audible or visual communication providing a warning that a legally imposed restriction on the use of the first wireless mobile unit by a driver of moving vehicle is imposed in the predetermined zone. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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