System and method for generating driver status and destination arrival notifications for reducing distracted driving and increasing driver safety
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1. A method, comprising:
- detecting when a mobile device associated with a person is in a driving state while in a vehicle that is in motion;
delivering a notification notifying one or more message sender(s) that the person associated with the mobile device is in the driving state;
arranging for one or more communication devices associated with the one or more notified message senders to locally store, but not transmit, messages intended for the person and created while the mobile device associated with the person is detected in the driving state; and
arranging for the one or more communication devices to transmit the locally stored messages to the person out of storage when the mobile device associated with the person is detected as no longer in the driving state.
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Abstract
System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting when a mobile device associated with a person is in a driving state while in a vehicle that is in motion; delivering a notification notifying one or more message sender(s) that the person associated with the mobile device is in the driving state; arranging for one or more communication devices associated with the one or more notified message senders to locally store, but not transmit, messages intended for the person and created while the mobile device associated with the person is detected in the driving state; and arranging for the one or more communication devices to transmit the locally stored messages to the person out of storage when the mobile device associated with the person is detected as no longer in the driving state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving an in driving status of a driver at a communication platform that host a community of users of the communication platform, the in driving status indicative of the driver in a vehicle that is driving; notifying one or more users of the communication platform of the in driving status of the driver; arranging for one or more communication devices associated with the one or more notified users to locally store, but not transmit, messages intended for the driver and created while the driver is in the in driving status; and arranging for the one or more communication devices to transmit the locally stored messages only after it is detected that the driver is no longer in the in driving status. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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ascertaining when mobile devices associated with a plurality of persons are each in a driving state while in vehicles that are in motion respectively; generating and delivering real-time notifications to one or more communication systems when each of the plurality of persons is in either the driving state or not in the driving state respectively; arranging for the one or more communication systems to; (i) locally store messages on originating communication devices, intended for target recipients, among the plurality of persons ascertained as in the driving state; and (ii) transmit the locally stored messages to each of the plurality of persons out of local storage on the originating devices as each of the target recipients is ascertained as not in the driving state respectively, whereby the transmission of messages out of storage by originating communication devices to the target recipients after transitioning from the in driving state to the not driving state significantly reduces the incidence of distracted driving among users of the one or more communication systems. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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