Patent ID: 9107060
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device, an indication of a text message being sent from a sender using a mobile device; receiving, by the network device, multiple telematics packets from a vehicle telematics unit, wherein each of the multiple telematics packets includes: identifying, by the network device, the sender as the particular driver based on information from the indication of the text message; identifying, by the network device, a sending time of the text message based on the indication of the text message; identifying, by the network device, a telematics packet, of the multiple telematics packets, for a time interval that corresponds to the sending time of the text message; identifying, by the network device and based on the telematics packet and the indication of the text message, that the vehicle was being operated during the sending time of the text message; and logging, by the network device, a texting-while-driving incident associated with the particular driver based on the identifying that the vehicle was being operated during the sending time of the text message.