Patent ID: 11963071
Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a first device being a mobile computing device to a network computing device, a first location of the mobile computing device to cause the network computing device to:
transmit, to a server, the first location to retrieve at least one of specific weather information, specific traffic information, or specific road condition information indicating a first driving situation for a vehicle;
communicate with a second device within the vehicle to obtain information from the second device indicating that a user of the mobile computing device is driving the vehicle;
determine a first access level based on at least a driving behavior history associated with a driver of the vehicle; and
transmit the first access level to the mobile computing device;

receiving, by the mobile computing device, an incoming text message during a drive;
determining, by the mobile computing device based on a sender of the incoming text message, a sender priority level; and
blocking, by the mobile computing device based on the first access level and the sender priority level, the incoming text message from being output to a user of the mobile computing device during the drive.