DISCOURAGING TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- first determining whether a user of a wireless-communications device is driving a vehicle;
second determining whether the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies a threshold speed;
third determining, by the wireless-communications device, whether the user is text messaging; and
taking a remedial action in response to determining that the user of the wireless-communications device is driving the vehicle both while the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies the threshold speed and while the user is text messaging.
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Abstract
A texting-while-driving-discouragement system (108) operates to discourage users from text messaging while driving. The system determines (306) whether a user is driving a vehicle, determines (308) whether the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies a threshold speed, and determines (310) whether the user is text messaging. In response to determining that the user is driving the vehicle, the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies the threshold speed, and the user is text messaging, a remedial action is taken (312). Various remedial actions can be taken such as imposing a fee on the user (e.g., a fee that the user has optionally previously agreed to pay if he is text messaging while driving), disabling text messaging for the device, providing the user with the option to hear received text messages audibly or input verbally text messages to be sent, and so forth.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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first determining whether a user of a wireless-communications device is driving a vehicle; second determining whether the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies a threshold speed; third determining, by the wireless-communications device, whether the user is text messaging; and taking a remedial action in response to determining that the user of the wireless-communications device is driving the vehicle both while the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies the threshold speed and while the user is text messaging. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless-communications device comprising:
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a first system to determine that a user of the device is driving a vehicle; a second system to determine that the user is driving the vehicle at a speed that satisfies a threshold value; and a processor, operatively coupled to the first and second systems, to; determine that the user is text messaging; and take a remedial action in response to determining that the user of the device is driving the vehicle both while the vehicle is moving at a speed that satisfies the threshold value and while the user is text messaging. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, a notification; determining by the server, based at least in part on the notification, that a user of a wireless-communications device is driving a vehicle at a speed that satisfies a threshold speed while text messaging; and charging, by the server, the user an increased fee in response to determining that the user is driving the vehicle at a speed that satisfies the threshold speed while text messaging. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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