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Ambient vehicle and pedestrian state detection for device notification

  • US 9,165,463 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2012
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computing environment, a method performed at least in part on at least one processor comprising:

  • allowing one level of user interaction by a user with an interactive mobile device while a vehicle associated with the mobile device is stopped;

    sensing ambient state relative to the vehicle;

    determining a state change in the ambient state corresponding to a condition associated with external traffic awareness;

    outputting a notification; and

    responsive to determining from input that the vehicle is moving, reducing user interaction with the mobile device to another level of interaction with the mobile device based upon the ambient state changing to the condition associated with external traffic awareness, reducing the user interaction with the mobile device to the other level of interaction comprising disallowing interaction with at least one program that is allowed in the one level of interaction.

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