Patent ID: 9699628
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile comprising: determining, by a user device, whether a user of the user device is being transported by a vehicle; determining, by the user device, whether any of multiple events pertaining to a message application is detected in response to determining that the user is being transported by the vehicle; obtaining, by the user device, input characteristic data attributed to the user in response to determining that any of the multiple events is detected, wherein the input characteristic data indicates a speed at which the user authors an outbound message, and indicates an amount of active input from the user during a time window within which the user authors the outbound message; determining, by the user device, whether the user is a driver of the vehicle based on the input characteristic data; and blocking the user device from receiving a first inbound message and creating the outbound message in response to determining that the user is the driver of the vehicle.