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Method and system for controlling and modifying driving behaviors

  • US 9,615,213 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile services control system for generating a score based on driving events and use of a controllable mobile device, comprising:

  • an in-vehicle detection system configured to determine one or more characteristics of a vehicle indicative of the vehicle being operated by a user; and

    a computational equipment that is configured to generate the score based on a first input indicative of whether a controllable mobile device is within the vehicle when the vehicle is in operation, a second input comprising the one or more characteristics of a vehicle indicative of the vehicle being operated by a user, and a third input indicative of one or more of a use of the controllable mobile device by the user, a use of the system that controls distracting use of the controllable mobile device, overriding the system and one or more events indicative of driving behaviors, wherein the system is configured to communicate one or more rewards to a user based on the score and wherein the computational equipment is configured to communicate, during or after the end of a trip, one or more of an audible, vibrational or visible alert to the user to indicate that the score has been achieved.

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