LOCATION-BASED SECURITY

• US 20150019131A1
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appy Risk Technologies Limited (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Basir, Otman A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,562,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/526
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

In one disclosed embodiment, a portable user-carried device includes wireless communication circuitry capable of determining a relative direction of a wireless signal in a vehicle. A processor may be programmed to determine a location of the device within a vehicle based upon the relative direction of the wireless signal as determined by the wireless communication circuitry. In a disclosed method for activating a function in a vehicle, a state of a user-carried portable device is determined. A function is activated based upon the state of the user-carried portable device.

Claims

1. A portable user-carried device including:

wireless communication circuitry capable of determining a relative direction of a wireless signal in a vehicle; and

a processor programmed to determine a location of the device within a vehicle based upon the relative direction of the wireless signal as determined by the wireless communication circuitry

2. A method for activating a function in a vehicle including the steps of:

a) determining a state of a user-carried portable device; and

b) activating a function based upon the state of the user-carried portable device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step a) includes the step of determining that the user of the user-carried portable device is in a driver seat of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said step a) includes the step of determining that the user of the user-carried portable device is in a passenger seat of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein said step a) is based upon ambient RF signals.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein said step a) is based upon ambient sound.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein said step a) is based upon a location of the user-carried mobile device and based upon a location of the vehicle.

7. The method of 2 wherein in said step a) a gps-determined location of the user-carried mobile device.