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Behavior-based distracting application detection on vehicles

  • US 9,836,335 B2
  • Filed: 10/02/2015
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for operating a computer system for a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • observing usage of at least one component of the computer system by an application of the computer system to generate an application usage log for the application;

    deriving behavior vectors from the application usage log;

    determining whether the application is a distracting application by comparing the behavior vectors to one or more application safety rules that define a threshold value for one or more behavior parameters, which if exceeded, indicates that the application is a distracting application;

    limiting execution of the application while permitting access to other non-distracting applications on the computer system responsive to determining that the application is a distracting application and based on status information associated with the vehicle comprising information obtained from an engine control unit of the vehicle indicative that a speed of the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed; and

    sending information indicative of the application being a distracting application to a content server responsive to determining that the application is a distracting application, the content server being configured to provide application content downloadable by the computer system.

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