SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING DRIVER MOBILE DEVICE FEATURE USAGE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, one or more mobile devices associated with a driver of a vehicle; and
deactivating, if one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is configured for motion, one or more features of the one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method and system may determine one or more mobile devices associated with a driver of a vehicle. The method and system may deactivate, if one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is configured for motion, one or more features of the one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle. The method and system may reactivate, if the one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is no longer configured for motion, the one or more features of the one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle. The one or more mobile devices may, in some embodiments, be mobile telephones and the one or more features may be text entry features.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, one or more mobile devices associated with a driver of a vehicle; and deactivating, if one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is configured for motion, one or more features of the one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a memory; a processor to; determine one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle; and deactivate, if one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is configured for motion, one or more features of the one or more mobile devices associated with the driver of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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measuring, by a controller, one or more vehicle parameters associated with movement of a vehicle; deactivating, if the one or more vehicle parameters indicate the vehicle is configured for movement, one or more applications on the one or more handheld computers associated with one or more vehicle occupants; prompting the one or more vehicle occupants associated with the handheld computers to enter information into an input device associated with the controller; and reactivating the one or more applications on the handheld computer associated with a vehicle occupant, if the vehicle occupant enters the information into the input device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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