Patent ID: 9357361
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G10L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle safety system, for a vehicle driven by a driver, the vehicle safety system being adapted to selectively inhibit texting by the driver using a mobile phone, the vehicle having (i) a vehicle body that includes a driver's seat where the driver is positioned during driving of the vehicle; (ii) an ignition having an on state and an off state; and (iii) a vehicle speed system that determines a vehicle speed of the vehicle; the vehicle safety system comprising: a. a vehicle electronics secured to the vehicle body, the vehicle electronic including (i) a CPU, (ii) a memory, and (iii) a transmission circuit with a short distance transmission protocol; wherein the vehicle electronics receives information regarding vehicle speed and generates a first safe-texting code with the transmission circuit when the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold speed; b. the transmission circuit includes a conical directional transmit only antenna to transmit the first safe-texting code in a directional beam directed at the driver's seat; c. the transmission circuit transmits the first safe-texting code periodically, wherein the first safe-texting code indicates that it is not safe for the mobile phone to use a texting function of the mobile phone.