Patent ID: 11941704
Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus comprising:
at least three localization devices attached to a vehicle, wherein each localization device comprises a RFID node;
a wireless communication device transmitting a signal that is received by each of the at least three localization devices;
a computer processor; and
a tangible computer memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor of the apparatus:
determine, over time and based on the signal transmitted by the wireless communication device, a triangulated position of the wireless communication device in the vehicle relative to the at least three localization devices attached to the vehicle;
determine, based on the triangulated position of the wireless communication device relative to a height of the driver in a seated position in the vehicle as stored in the tangible computer memory, that the driver of the vehicle is operating the wireless communication device while driving the vehicle; and
in response to the determination that the driver of the vehicle is operating the wireless communication device while driving the vehicle, transmitting, by the computing device, an alert to the wireless communication device of the driver.