Patent ID: 9026780
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communicator comprising: a speed detection system for determining whether the mobile communicator is moving faster than a threshold speed; a user attentiveness detector configured to determine whether a user is attentive; a sensor element configured to determine orientation of the mobile communicator; and a circuit configured to disable a functionality of the mobile communicator is when the speed detection system determines that the mobile communicator is moving faster than the threshold speed and the sensor element determines that the mobile communicator is in a vertical position; wherein the circuit is configured to enable the functionality of the mobile communicator when the speed detection system determines that the mobile communicator is moving faster than the threshold speed and the sensor element determines that the mobile communicator is in a horizontal position and the user attentiveness detector determines that the user is attentive.