System for selective prevention of non-emergency use of an electronic device

• US RE47,216 E1
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Katasi LLC
• Original Assignee: Katasi LLC
• Inventors: Brown, James W., Brown, George W., Brown, Charles F.
• Primary Examiner(s): TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE
• Application Number:
  US14/452,500
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• Field of Search: 4554564
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system for selectively disabling use of at least selected features of a stand-alone electronic device under a predetermined set of conditions. The system establishes a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied, communicates the state to the electronic device, and disables the selected features if the state is satisfied. In one embodiment, the system may be advantageously be used to prevent vehicular accidents by at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone in a moving vehicle. In another embodiment, the system may be used to disable features of an electronic device within a predetermined area having a boundary that is independent of a communications network cell.

Claims

1. A system for selectively disabling use of at least one feature of a stand-alone electronic device, the device having a plurality of features, in response to a predetermined set of conditions of the electronic device being satisfied, the system comprising:

the stand-alone electronic device comprising having the plurality of features;

meansa sensor-input/logic controller for establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied, the predetermined set of conditions comprising conditions indicating location within a predetermined area having a fixed boundary that is independent of a communications network cell boundary;

meansa receiver/transmitter for communicating the state to the electronic device; and

meansa controller for completely disabling the selected feature in response to receiving the communicated state if the state is satisfied,

wherein the controller for completely disabling the selected feature in response to receiving the communicated state resides at least in part on the stand-alone electronic device,

wherein the stand-alone electronic device comprises a wireless communications device usable through a service provider, and

wherein the controller for completely disabling the wireless communications device resides at least in part with the service provider.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the stand-alone electronic device comprises a wireless communication device.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the stand-alone electronic device comprises a computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the predetermined set of conditions further comprises conditions indicating non-emergency use of the stand-alone electronic device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the predetermined set of conditions further comprises activation of a switch controlled by an entity other than a user of the stand-alone electronic device.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a global positioning system for indicating location within the predetermined area.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the predetermined area comprises a building.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the predetermined area comprises an area defined by proximity to a predetermined object.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for determining if a user is within a warning area adjacent the predetermined area, and means for providing a warning signal indicating proximity to the predetermined area to a user within the warning area.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for disabling the electronic device resides within the electronic device.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the electronic device comprises a wireless communications device usable through a service provider.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for disabling the wireless communications device resides at least in part with the service provider.

13. The system of claim 11 1 wherein the system further comprises means for indicating to a party trying to reach a disabled electronic device that the device is disabled.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one feature comprises a feature selected from the group consisting of:

one or more of the ability to transmit a signal from the electronic device, the ability of the device to emit an audible sound, or a combination thereof.

15. A system for selectively at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone in a vehicle, the system comprising:

the wireless telephone;

the vehicle;

meansa controller for establishing that the use is emergency or non-emergency use;

meansa controller for establishing a state of the vehicle, and optionally a position of the telephone within the vehicle,as moving or engaged to be moved as being acceptable or unacceptable for non-emergency use of the telephone;

meansa receiver/transmitter for communicating the state to the telephone, to a service provider for the wireless telephone, or both; and

meansa controller for disabling non-emergency use of the telephone when the state is unacceptable, wherein the controller resides with the service provider.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the wireless telephone is temporarily or permanently wired to the vehicle via a power connection, an antenna connection, or both.

17. The system of claim 15 further comprising means for indicating on a user interface of the wireless telephone that the telephone is at least partially disabled.

18. The system of claim 15 further comprising means for indicating on a user interface of the wireless telephone that an attempt has been made to reach the telephone while disabled.

19. The system of claim 15 further comprising a means for indicating to a party attempting to contact a user of a disabled wireless telephone that the wireless telephone is disabled.

20. The system of claim 19 further comprising means for providing the party attempting to contact the user with one or more options as an alternative to contacting the user.

21. The system of claim 15 wherein the means for establishing the state of the vehicle comprises one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, or an interface with a centralized vehicle computer.

22. The system of claim 21 64, wherein the motion detector, comprises a speedometer measurement or a wheel or axle rotation detector.

23. The system of claim 21 15, wherein the predetermined set of conditions further comprises state is unacceptable further comprises conditions indicating a location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined area where the predetermined area is the a location within a driver'"'"'s quadrant of a vehicle.

155. The system of claim 15, wherein the communicating the state to a service provider for the wireless telephone comprises a two-way communication.

156. The system of claim 155, wherein the two-way communication comprises digital information.

24. A stand-alone electronic device having a plurality of features and adapted to have at least one feature selectively disabled under a predetermined set of conditions, at least one such condition comprising location within a predetermined area having a fixed boundary that is independent of a communications network cell boundary, the stand-alone device comprising:

meansa receiver/transmitter, at a service provider, for receiving a communication for indicating that the predetermined set of conditions has been satisfied, including that the stand-alone device is located within the predetermined area; and

meansa controller for disabling the selected feature in response to the communication indicating that the predetermined set of conditions has been satisfied, wherein the controller resides with the service provider.

64. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 24 wherein the predetermined set of conditions further comprises a condition indicative of a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved.

25. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform the method steps for, under a predetermined set of conditions, at least one such condition comprising location of the device within a predetermined area having a fixed boundary that is independent of a communications network cell boundary, selectively disabling use of at least one selected feature of a stand-alone electronic device having a plurality of features, the method steps comprising:

(a) receiving an input, at a service provider, the input indicating that the predetermined set of conditions has been satisfied, including that the stand-alone device is located within the predetermined area; and

(b) disabling the at least one selected feature, at the service provider, in response to the received input indicating that the predetermined set of conditions has been satisfied, including that the stand-alone device is located within the predetermined area.

65. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 25 wherein the input indicating that the predetermined set of conditions has been satisfied further comprises a condition indicative of a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved.

26. A wireless telephone adapted to be at least partially disabled for non-emergency use based upon a state of a vehicle in which the telephone is located, the wireless telephone comprising:

meansa controller for establishing whether a use of the wireless telephone is emergency or non-emergency use;

meansa receiver/transmitter for receiving a communication indicating a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved in which non-emergency use should be disabled, wherein the receiver/transmitter resides with a service provider; and

meansa controller for at least partially disabling non-emergency use of the wireless telephone in response to the communication, wherein the controller resides with the service provider.

66. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 26 wherein the communication indicating the state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved is received from one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer.

67. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 66 wherein the one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer comprises the motion detector.

68. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 66 wherein the one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensor, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer comprises the interface with a centralized vehicle computer.

69. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 66 wherein the one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer comprises the set of signal triangulation sensors.

70. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 67 wherein the motion detector comprises a speedometer.

71. The stand-alone electronic device of claim 67 wherein the motion detector comprises an axel or wheel rotation detector.

27. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a set of method steps for at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone based upon a state of a vehicle in which the telephone is located, the method steps comprising:

(a) determining whether an attempted use is emergency or non-emergency use;

(b) receiving an input, at a service provider, indicating a state of the vehicle in which non-emergency use should be disabled; and

(c) disabling non-emergency use of the telephone, at the service provider, in response to the input indicating the state of the vehicle in which non-emergency use should be disabled.

28. The program of claim 27 wherein the program product resides at least in part within the telephone.

29. The program of claim 27 wherein the program product resides at least in part within a the service provider for the telephone.

30. A controller for use with a system for, under a predetermined set of conditions, providing a communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of a wireless telephone having a plurality of features, the controller comprising:

meansa global positioning system (GPS) for determining if the set of conditions has been satisfied; and

means for sending the communication to the wireless telephone, service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof, if the set of conditions are satisfied;

wherein the set of conditions comprises conditions indicating location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined area having a fixed boundary that is independent of a communications network cell boundary or wherein the controller is located within a vehicle and the means for determining the set of conditions comprises means for determining if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved and means for determining if the wireless telephone is within a predetermined position within the vehicle.

139. The controller of claim 30, wherein the means for sending the communication to the wireless telephone, service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof, if the set of conditions are satisfied comprises a component on the wireless telephone.

140. The controller of claim 30, wherein the global positing system (GPS) is on the telephone.

153. The controller of claim 30, wherein the communication comprises a two-way communication.

154. The controller of claim 153, wherein the two-way communication comprises digital information.

31. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform the method steps for, under a predetermined set of conditions, providing a communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of a wireless telephone having a plurality of features, the method steps comprising:

(a) establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied; and

(b) sending the communication to the, wireless telephone, a service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof;

wherein the set of conditions comprises conditions indicating location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined area having a fixed boundary that is independent of a communications network cell boundary or conditions indicating location within a predetermined position in a vehicle that is moving or engaged to be moved.

72. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining if a vehicle is moving with a global positioning system (GPS).

73. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a vehicle state sensor, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer to determine if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

74. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied receiving an input from one or more sensors to determine if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

75. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from an interface with a centralized vehicle computer to determine if a vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

76. The program of claim 31, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within the vehicle.

77. The program of claim 31, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within a driver/passenger portion of the vehicle.

78. The program of claim 31, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within a vehicle operator portion of the vehicle.

79. The program of claim 31, further comprising a signal detector.

80. The program of claim 79, wherein the signal detector is located at a predetermined position in a vehicle, and wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining a location of the wireless telephone with the signal detector.

81. The program of claim 80, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining a location of the wireless telephone with the signal detector based on at least one of characteristics of the signal and direction of a signal.

82. The program of claim 81, wherein the characteristics of the signal include one or more of frequency information, amplitude information, digital information, analog information, and pattern information.

83. The program of claim 31, wherein the sending the communication to the, wireless telephone, a service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof, comprises sending the communication to the wireless telephone.

84. The program of claim 31, wherein the sending the communication to the, wireless telephone, a service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof, comprises sending the communication to service provider.

85. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving information indicative of the vehicle in a power on condition.

86. The program of claim 31, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from an interface with a centralized vehicle computer.

87. The program of claim 31, wherein the computer program products resides at least in part on the wireless telephone.

88. The program of claim 31, wherein the computer program product resides on the wireless telephone and wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises detecting a location of the wireless telephone in the vehicle.

128. The program of claim 83, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from an internal component of the wireless telephone to another internal component of the wireless telephone.

129. The program of claim 83, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication to a component of the wireless telephone.

130. The program of claim 83, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending an internal communication within the wireless telephone.

131. The method of claim 83, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone and the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied is done within the wireless telephone.

132. The program of claim 83, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied within the wireless telephone.

133. The program of claim 83, further comprising the step of connecting the wireless telephone to vehicle electronics by temporarily wiring the wireless telephone to a vehicle.

134. The program of claim 133, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, within the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

135. The program of claim 133, wherein the step of sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from the vehicle over the wire to the wireless telephone.

136. The program of claim 133, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, externally to the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

137. The program of claim 83, wherein the step of sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from a vehicle to the wireless telephone.

138. The program of claim 83, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, externally to the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

147. The program of claim 31, wherein the communication comprises a wireless signal.

148. The program of claim 147, wherein the wireless signal comprises digital information.

149. The program of claim 148, wherein the digital information comprises information indicative of an identification of the wireless device.

150. The program of claim 148, wherein the digital information comprises information configured to cause the at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone.

151. The program of claim 147, wherein the communication comprises a two-way communication.

152. The program of claim 151, wherein the two-way communication comprises digital information.

32. A controller for use with a system for, under a predetermined set of conditions, providing a communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of a wireless telephone having a plurality of features, the controller comprising:

a controller for determining if the set of conditions has been satisfied; and

a receiver/transmitter for sending the communication to the wireless telephone, service provider for the wireless telephone, or a combination thereof, if the set of conditions are satisfied,

wherein the controller is located within a vehicle and the controller for determining the set of conditions comprises determining if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved and comprises a global positioning system (GPS) for determining if the wireless telephone is within a predetermined position within the vehicle.

33. The controller of claim 32, wherein the global positioning system (GPS) is configured to indicate a position of the wireless telephone in the vehicle.

34. The controller of claim 32, wherein the global positioning system (GPS) is configured to transmit the position of the wireless telephone to a service provider.

35. The controller of claim 32, wherein the vehicle comprises a train.

36. The controller of claim 32, wherein the vehicle comprises a bus.

37. The controller of claim 32, wherein the determining if the wireless telephone is within a predetermined position within the vehicle comprises determining whether the telephone is located within a driver'"'"'s quadrant of the vehicle.

38. The controller of claim 32, wherein the determining if the wireless telephone is within a predetermined position within the vehicle comprises determining whether the telephone is located within a driver'"'"'s quadrant of the vehicle by determining whether the telephone is not located within a driver'"'"'s quadrant of the vehicle.

39. The controller of claim 32, further comprising a passenger detector.

40. The controller of claim 32, wherein the system is further configured to provide a message to a third-party device indicative of an unacceptable state of the wireless telephone.

41. The controller of claim 32, wherein the system further comprises a passenger detector configured to determine whether a driver is within a driver quadrant of a vehicle.

42. The controller of claim 41, wherein the passenger detector comprises a signal detector.

43. The controller of claim 41, wherein the passenger detector comprises a motion detector.

44. The controller of claim 41, wherein the passenger detector comprises a heat detector.

45. The controller of claim 41, wherein the passenger detector comprises a weight detector.

46. The controller of claim 32, wherein the predetermined position comprises a location within the vehicle.

47. The controller of claim 32, wherein the predetermined position comprises a location within a driver/passenger compartment of the vehicle.

48. The controller of claim 32, wherein the predetermined position comprises a driver'"'"'s quadrant of a driver/passenger compartment of the vehicle.

49. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a set of method steps for at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone based upon a state of a vehicle in which the wireless telephone is located, the method steps comprising:

(a) determining whether an attempted use of the wireless telephone in the vehicle is emergency use or non-emergency use;

(b) receiving one or more inputs, at a service provider, indicating a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved in which non-emergency use of the wireless telephone should be disabled; and

(c) disabling non-emergency use of the wireless telephone, at the service provider, in response to the input indicating a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved in which non-emergency use of the wireless telephone should be disabled.

50. The program of claim 49, wherein the wireless telephone is temporarily or permanently wired to the vehicle via a power connection, an antenna connection, or both.

51. The program of claim 49, further comprising the step of sending a communication to a party attempting to contact a user of a disabled wireless telephone that the wireless telephone is disabled.

52. The program of claim 51, further comprising the step of providing the party attempting to contact the user of the disabled wireless telephone with one or more options as an alternative to contacting the user.

53. The program of claim 49, wherein the one or more inputs indicating a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved comprises one or more inputs received from one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer.

54. The program of claim 53, wherein the motion detector comprises one or more of a speedometer, a wheel rotation detector, and axle rotation detector.

55. The program of claim 49, further comprising the step of determining whether the attempted use of the wireless telephone is by the driver of the vehicle.

56. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform the method steps for, under a predetermined set of conditions, providing a communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of a wireless telephone having a plurality of features, the method steps comprising:

(a) establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied; and

(b) sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone;

wherein the predetermined set of conditions comprises one or more conditions indicating a location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined position in a vehicle that is moving or engaged to be moved; and

(c) disabling the at least one feature of the wireless telephone in response to the communication.

57. The program of claim 56, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location in a driver'"'"'s quadrant.

89. The program of claim 56, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within the vehicle.

90. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining if a vehicle is moving with a global positioning system (GPS).

91. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a vehicle state sensor, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, and an interface with a centralized vehicle computer to determine if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

92. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from one or more sensors to determine if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

93. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input from an interface with a centralized vehicle computer to determine if the vehicle is moving or engaged to be moved.

94. The program of claim 56, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within the vehicle.

95. The program of claim 56, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within a driver/passenger position of the vehicle.

96. The program of claim 56, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle comprises a location within a driver position of the vehicle.

97. The program of claim 56, further comprising a signal detector.

98. The program of claim 97, wherein the signal detector is located at a predetermined position in the vehicle, and wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining a location of the wireless telephone with the signal detector.

99. The program of claim 98, wherein the signal detector comprises at least three signal detectors.

100. The program of claim 97, wherein the establishing a state of the set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises determining a location of the wireless telephone with the signal detector based on at least one of a strength and direction of a signal.

101. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication to the wireless telephone.

102. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication to a service provider.

103. The program of claim 56, wherein the computer program products resides at least in part on the wireless telephone.

104. The program of claim 56, wherein the computer program products resides at least in part on the service provider.

105. The program of claim 56, wherein the computer program product resides in the wireless telephone.

106. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input having information indicative of the predetermined set of conditions being satisfied.

107. The program of claim 106, wherein the input comprises a signal.

108. The program of claim 106, wherein the input comprises information indicative the vehicle is moving or engaged.

109. The program of claim 108, wherein the information indicative of the vehicle is moving or engaged comprises information indicative of a power on state of the vehicle.

110. The program of claim 106, wherein the input comprises information indicative of the location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined position in a vehicle.

111. The program of claim 106, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises an internal communication on the wireless telephone.

112. The program of claim 111, wherein the predetermined position in a vehicle is a location within the vehicle.

113. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input on the wireless telephone having information indicative of the location of the wireless telephone within a predetermined position in a vehicle that is moving or engaged to be moved.

114. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises receiving an input on the computer program product indicating the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

115. The program of claim 113, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication on the wireless telephone.

116. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from an internal component of the wireless telephone to another internal component of the wireless telephone.

117. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication to a component of the wireless telephone.

118. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending an internal communication within the wireless telephone.

119. The program of claim 56, wherein the sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone and the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied is done within the wireless telephone.

120. The program of claim 56, wherein the establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied within the wireless telephone.

121. The program of claim 56, further comprising the step of connecting the wireless telephone to vehicle electronics by temporarily wiring the wireless telephone to a vehicle.

122. The program of claim 121, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, within the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

123. The program of claim 121, wherein the step of sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from the vehicle over the wire to the wireless telephone.

124. The program of claim 121, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, externally to the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

125. The program of claim 56, wherein the step of sending the communication to cause at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone comprises sending the communication from a vehicle to the wireless telephone.

126. The program of claim 56, wherein the step of establishing a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied comprises establishing, externally to the wireless telephone, a state of the predetermined set of conditions as being satisfied or unsatisfied.

127. The program of claim 116, wherein the internal component comprises a receiver/transmitter on the wireless device and the another component comprises a controller on the wireless device.

141. The program of claim 56, wherein the communication comprises a wireless signal.

142. The program of claim 141, wherein the wireless signal comprises digital information.

143. The program of claim 142, wherein the digital information comprises information indicative of an identification of the wireless device.

144. The program of claim 142, wherein the digital information comprises information configured to cause the at least one feature to be disabled of the wireless telephone having a plurality of features to the wireless telephone.

145. The program of claim 141, wherein the communication comprises a two-way communication.

146. The program of claim 145, wherein the two-way communication comprises digital information.

58. A system for selectively at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone in a vehicle, the system comprising:

the wireless telephone;

the vehicle;

a controller for establishing that the use is emergency or non-emergency use;

a global positioning system (GPS) for establishing a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved as being acceptable or unacceptable for non-emergency use of the telephone;

a receiver/transmitter for communicating the state to a service provider for the wireless telephone; and

a controller for disabling non-emergency use of the telephone when the state is unacceptable, wherein the controller resides with the service provider.

59. The system of claim 58 wherein the global positioning system (GPS) for establishing a state of the vehicle further comprises the global positioning system (GPS) for establishing a position of the telephone within the vehicle.

60. The system of claim 59 wherein the position in the vehicle is a location within a driver/passenger compartment of the vehicle.

61. The system of claim 60, wherein the driver/passenger compartment of the vehicle comprises a driver'"'"'s quadrant of the vehicle.

62. A system for selectively at least partially disabling non-emergency use of a wireless telephone in a vehicle, the system comprising:

the wireless telephone;

the vehicle;

a controller for establishing that the use is emergency or non-emergency use;

one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a vehicle state sensor, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, or an interface with a centralized vehicle computer for establishing a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved as being acceptable or unacceptable for non-emergency use of the telephone;

a receiver/transmitter for communicating the state to a service provider for the wireless telephone; and

a controller for disabling non-emergency use of the telephone when the state is unacceptable, wherein the controller resides with the service provider for the wireless telephone.

63. The system of claim 62 wherein the one or more of a gearshift selector, an emergency brake sensor, a motion detector, a vehicle state sensor, a weight sensor in a seat, a set of signal triangulation sensors, or an interface with a centralized vehicle computer for establishing a state of the vehicle as moving or engaged to be moved as being acceptable or unacceptable for non-emergency use of the telephone comprises a motion detector.