Patent ID: 9451447
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04K,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile services control system for controlling use of one or more services provided by a mobile communication device, comprising: an in-vehicle detection subsystem for detecting the mobile communication device within a vehicle, the in-vehicle detection subsystem including: (a) one or more detectors for wirelessly detecting a location of the mobile communication device; (b) a vehicle operation detector that determines one or more characteristics indicative of the vehicle being operated by a user, wherein the mobile communication device moves independently from the in-vehicle detection subsystem; computational equipment that uses one or more inputs comprising information indicative of the location of the mobile communication device, and a location of the vehicle the computational equipment is configured to determine whether the controllable mobile device is within the vehicle by comparing the location of the controllable mobile device and the location of the vehicle, when the location of the controllable mobile device and location of the vehicle are within a predetermined range of each other, the controllable mobile device is determined to be in the location and when both the mobile communication device is determined to be in the vehicle and a predetermined vehicle movement is detected, the computational equipment is configured to communicate with a wireless service provider for the mobile communication device for notifying the provider to restrict access to the one or more services provided by the mobile communication device.