Mobile device safe driving

• US 9,736,655 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2016
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Matthews, III, Joseph H., Schrader, Joseph A., Sarin, Raman K., Chen, Ted Tai-Yu, Agarwal, Sharad, Guday, Shai, King, Joseph Spencer
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US15/143,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20160248906A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 4555501, 455418, 4555692, 455420, 340670
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724634 With partially locked states, e.g. when some telephonic functional locked states or applications remain accessible in the locked states
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

In embodiments of mobile device safe driving, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a driving mode lock screen. The transition to display the driving mode lock screen occurs without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a safe driving service that is implemented to activate a safe driving mode of the mobile device, and disable features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a driving notification of a driving event from a mobile device, the notification generated responsive to movement of a vehicle that is being driven by a driver;

determining that the mobile device is associated with the driver based on identifiers of the mobile device;

communicating with the mobile device effective to cause activation of a safe driving mode of the mobile device, the activation of the safe driving mode causing the mobile device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential, wherein the safe driving mode can be deactivated by a user of the mobile device; and

generating a driving report that indicates the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of the safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in the vehicle.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the movement of the vehicle comprises stopping at an unknown location.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

communicating a safe driving report to an associated device of the mobile device.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification that a user of the mobile device is not the driver of the vehicle; and

communicating with the mobile device effective to cause deactivation of the safe driving mode.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more other devices that are associated with the driver based on identifiers of the one or more associated devices; and

communicating with the one or more other devices effective to cause activation of a safe driving mode of the one or more other devices.

6. A safe driving system, comprising:

a network service device to execute computer instructions as a safe driving service that is configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving a driving notification of a driving event from a mobile device, the notification generated responsive to movement of a vehicle that is being driven by a driver;

determining that the mobile device is associated with the driver based on identifiers of the mobile device;

communicating with the mobile device effective to cause activation of a safe driving mode of the mobile device, the activation of the safe driving mode causing the mobile device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential, wherein the safe driving mode may be deactivated by a user of the mobile device; and

generating a driving report that indicates the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of the safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in the vehicle.

7. The safe driving system as recited in claim 6, wherein the movement of the vehicle comprises stopping at an unknown location.

8. The safe driving system as recited in claim 6, wherein the safe driving service is configured to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a notification that a user of the mobile device is not the driver of the vehicle; and

communicating with the mobile device effective to cause deactivation of the safe driving mode.

9. A computer-readable storage media comprising computer instructions that when executed cause a computer to operate as a safe driving service that is configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving a driving notification of a driving event from a mobile device, the notification generated responsive to movement of a vehicle that is being driven by a driver;

determining that the mobile device is associated with the driver based on identifiers of the mobile device;

communicating with the mobile device effective to cause activation of a safe driving mode of the mobile device;

receive location data that indicates a location of the vehicle;

receive speed limit data that corresponds to the location of the vehicle; and

communicate a vehicle speed limit to the vehicle to control vehicle speed at the location of the vehicle.

10. The computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 9, wherein the safe driving service is configured to:

receive a vehicle notification of an operating mode of the vehicle from the vehicle; and

communicate the vehicle notification received from the vehicle to one or more other devices that are associated with the mobile device.

11. The computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 10, wherein mobile device is paired with the vehicle.