Patent ID: 9324121
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method wherein one or more processors operate a system for warning a vehicle occupant operating a cell phone of probable unsafe texting, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least position information for the vehicle occupant's cell phone from a first service provider; receiving at least position information for at least a second cell phone in the vicinity of the vehicle occupant's cell phone from a second service provider; wherein the at least position information for the vehicle occupant's cell phone and the at least position information for the at least a second cell phone are each time-stamped and then compared to determine if the vehicle occupant's cell phone and the at least a second cell phone are within the same envelope; for all cell phones thus determined according to the at least their position information to be within the envelope containing the vehicle occupant's phone, accessing a database to determine which cell phones in the envelope belong to licensed drivers and which do not; analyzing activity for the cell phones determined to be within the envelope to determine whether each cell phone's user is texting; warning the vehicle occupant of probable unsafe texting under the following conditions: (i) the vehicle occupant is determined to be a licensed driver; (ii) the vehicle occupant is determined to be within the envelope; and (iii) the activity for the vehicle occupant's cell phone falls into one of the following categories: