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App for preventing phone functionality while driving

  • US 9,198,113 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2014
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium designed to prevent a user using distracting phone functionality while driving, comprising:

  • machine readable instructions, stored on a mobile phone memory or in the cloud, that enable said mobile phone to perform functions comprising;

    detecting a mobile phone speed using a speed sensing module; and

    if said mobile phone speed exceeds a predetermined speed, performing the functions comprising;

    presenting to said user of said mobile phone, a physical-interaction challenge-task;

    monitoring a performance of said physical-interaction challenge task; and

    if said monitored performance falls below a predetermined threshold;

    preventing distracting phone functionality by disabling said mobile phone'"'"'s distracting phone functionality; and

    continuing to prevent said distracting phone functionality until said current speed of said mobile phone falls below said predetermined speed.

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