ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATORY GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH A DRIVE MODE OF A VEHICLE
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1. A method comprising:
- determining that a vehicle is in a drive mode; and
selectively modifying, based on the determination that the vehicle is in the drive mode, a functionality of an application of an electronic device associated with the vehicle in accordance with regulatory guidelines associated with operation of the electronic device with respect to when the vehicle is in the drive mode, wherein selectively modifying the functionality of the application includes disabling functionality of the application that is unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines while maintaining other functionality of the application that is not unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines.
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Abstract
In an example, a method of enforcing regulatory guidelines related to functionality of an electronic device associated with a vehicle when the vehicle is in a drive mode includes interfacing an application of an electronic device associated with a vehicle with an Application Programming Interface (API). The method additionally includes determining that the vehicle is in the drive mode. In the method, the API may modify a functionality of the application of the electronic device in accordance with regulatory guidelines associated with operation of the electronic device when the vehicle is in the drive mode. The modification may be based on the determination that the vehicle is in the drive mode.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining that a vehicle is in a drive mode; and selectively modifying, based on the determination that the vehicle is in the drive mode, a functionality of an application of an electronic device associated with the vehicle in accordance with regulatory guidelines associated with operation of the electronic device with respect to when the vehicle is in the drive mode, wherein selectively modifying the functionality of the application includes disabling functionality of the application that is unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines while maintaining other functionality of the application that is not unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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one or more processors configured to execute instructions; and one or more computer-readable storage media configured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising; determining that a vehicle is in a drive mode; and selectively modifying, based on the determination that the vehicle is in the drive mode, a functionality of an application of an electronic device associated with the vehicle in accordance with regulatory guidelines associated with operation of the electronic device with respect to when the vehicle is in the drive mode, wherein selectively modifying the functionality of the application includes disabling functionality of the application that is unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines while maintaining other functionality of the application that is not unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more computer-readable storage media configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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determining that a vehicle is in a drive mode; and selectively modifying, based on the determination that the vehicle is in the drive mode, a functionality of an application of an electronic device associated with the vehicle in accordance with regulatory guidelines associated with operation of the electronic device with respect to when the vehicle is in the drive mode, wherein selectively modifying the functionality of the application includes disabling functionality of the application that is unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines while maintaining other functionality of the application that is not unapproved according to the regulatory guidelines. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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