Patent ID: 9270809
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01S,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a computer processor of a movement detection enabled device, that said movement detection enabled device is located within a vehicle; enabling, by said computer processor, communications between said movement detection enabled device and an on-board computer of said vehicle; enabling, by said computer processor, a warning function of said on-board computer, wherein said warning function is for indicating that an individual has disabled said communications and subsequently generating a log and warning for an authority entity indicating that said communications have been disabled by said individual; monitoring, by said computer processor, a movement detection signal of said movement detection enabled device; determining, by said computer processor based on said monitoring said movement detection signal, that said vehicle is currently in motion; detecting, by said computer processor, an electronic tag in said vehicle; retrieving, by said computer processor from said electronic tag, instructions associated with said movement detection enabled device, wherein said instructions define commands associated with: disabling said movement detection enabled device, overriding said disabling said movement detection enabled device, and instructions for reporting said disabling said movement detection enabled device to an authority entity; measuring, by said computer processor, a proximity of said movement detection enabled device with respect to said electronic tag; determining, by said computer processor based on said detecting said electronic tag and results of said measuring, that said movement detection enabled device is located within a specified proximity of said electronic tag indicating a driver location of said vehicle; determining, by said computer processor based on said determining that said movement detection enabled device is located within said specified proximity to said driver location of said vehicle, that said user is a driver of said vehicle; and disabling, by said computer processor based on said instructions and said determining that said user is said driver of said vehicle, specified functions of said movement detection enabled device.