Device-Based Safeguard Systems and Methods for Enhancing Driver Safety
First Claim
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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Abstract
A mobile computing device senses movement by a vehicle in which the mobile computing device is located, and in response to sensing movement by the vehicle, the mobile computing device determines a location of the mobile computing device relative to an interior of the vehicle. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in a target zone and in response to detecting interaction with the mobile computing device by a user, the mobile computing device detects an occurrence of a distracted driving event and restricts at least one functionality of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device then logs the occurrence of the distracted driving event in a restricted access data store.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a mobile handheld computing device, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
a mobile handheld computing device further comprising; a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the mobile handheld computing device to at least; sense movement by a vehicle in which the mobile handheld computing device is located; responsive to sensing movement by the vehicle, determine a location of the mobile handheld computing system relative to an interior of the vehicle; responsive to determining that the mobile handheld computing system is in a target zone and responsive to detecting interaction with the mobile handheld computing system, detect an occurrence of a distracted driving event and restricting at least one functionality of the mobile handheld computing system; and log the occurrence of the distracted driving event in a restricted access data store. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a mobile handheld computing device, comprising:
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code that senses movement by a vehicle in which the mobile handheld computing system is located; code that determines a location of the mobile handheld computing system relative to an interior of the vehicle responsive to sensing movement by the vehicle; code that detects, responsive to determining that the mobile handheld computing system is in a target zone and responsive to detecting interaction with the mobile handheld computing system, an occurrence of a distracted driving event and restricting at least one functionality of the mobile handheld computing system; and code that logs the occurrence of the distracted driving event in a restricted access data store. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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