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Device-Based Safeguard Systems and Methods for Enhancing Driver Safety

  • US 20160248904A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2015
  • Published: 08/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a mobile handheld computing device, comprising:

  • sensing, by the mobile handheld computing device, movement by a vehicle in which the mobile handheld computing device is located;

    responsive to sensing movement by the vehicle, determining, by the mobile handheld computing device, a location of the mobile handheld computing device relative to an interior of the vehicle;

    responsive to determining that the mobile handheld computing device is in a target zone and responsive to detecting interaction with the mobile handheld computing device by a user, detecting, by the mobile handheld computing device, an occurrence of a distracted driving event and restricting at least one functionality of the mobile handheld computing device; and

    logging, by the mobile handheld computing device, the occurrence of the distracted driving event in a restricted access data store.

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