Method and device to prohibit communications which require active participation by the driver of a vehicle

• US 9,516,529 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2015
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jason Tzannes, Ryan Wittman
• Original Assignee: Jason Tzannes, Ryan Wittman
• Inventors: Tzannes, Jason, Wittman, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Nguyen
• Application Number:
  US14/746,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Operating a vehicle while texting, using applications or using a mobile device has been shown to be very dangerous and increase the likelihood of accidents. An exemplary embodiment relates to a method, techniques and a system that can prohibit the use of a mobile device by the driver while driving. An exemplary embodiment relates to the fields of communications and control and combines the use of social media and smartphones to create methods to prohibit the use of specific communications on the mobile device including but not limited to texting, etc.

Claims

1. A system for communicating between a controlling device and a control device comprising:

a first transceiver capable of sending an identifying code;

a second transceiver capable of receiving a message indicating that texting is disabled from a third transceiver;

a controller that enables the first transceiver to send the identifying code;

wherein said controller enables the first transceiver upon receipt of said message by the second transceiver;

and wherein the first and second transceivers use different frequencies and the second and third transceivers use the same frequencies.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first transceiver is an RFID wireless transceiver.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the second and third transceivers are NFC transceivers.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying code is unique to one of:

a mobile device or a car.