Patent ID: 9615350
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B60C,B60Q,B60W,G07C,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, a current gear setting from a vehicle, setting the mobile device in a vehicle mode based on the current gear setting received from the vehicle; receiving a first device notification at the mobile device; determining that the first device notification is an important notification; providing the first device notification via an output mode based on determining that the first device notification is an important notification and that the mobile device is in the vehicle mode; receiving a second device notification at the mobile device; determining that the second device notification is an unimportant notification; and not providing the second device notification via the output mode based on determining that the second device notification is an unimportant notification and that the mobile device is in the vehicle mode, wherein at least one of the first device notification and the second device notification originates from an application installed on the mobile device.