Patent ID: 9633487
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G07C,G09B,H04M

Claim:
1. A mobile telecommunications device configured to log driving information associated with a vehicle, the mobile telecommunications device comprising: a sensor set comprising an image sensor, an audio sensor, an accelerometer or a positioning module, or a combination thereof; a user interface; a processor; and a memory; the mobile telecommunications device configured to: determine, based on the inputs received by the user interface and sensor data from the device's sensor set, a start of a driving period during which the mobile device is removably attached to the vehicle and the vehicle is in use; process the sensor data from the sensor set during the driving period to derive driving information associated with how the vehicle is driven; store a selection of the driving information to the memory; wherein the driving information is derived without data from vehicle sensors, and the mobile telecommunications device is controlled by a downloaded application to control the mobile device to detect occurrence of a predetermined event and in response take at least one predetermined action.