Patent ID: 9124720
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A programmed application (app) system on a cellular phone of a driver to eliminate a need for the driver to respond to a received text message while driving, the app system programmed separately from the cellular phone operations not interfering with the normal functioning of the cellular phone, the system comprising: driver actuated means for activating a programmed “driving can't text” application (app) on a driver's cellular phone to put the app in a driving mode to eliminate a need for a driver to respond to a received text message while driving, the app programmed separately from the cellular phone operations to prevent interfering with the normal operation of the cellular phone; driver perceivable means for indicating to the driver that the “driving can't text” app is turned on in the driving mode; programmed means for sending an automatic pre-programmed response text message to reply to a sender of a received text message immediately when the received text message is received on the driver's cellular phone in the driving mode to notify the sender of the received text message that the driver is driving and can't text while driving in a “driving can't text” automatic response text message, the automatic response text message requiring no action by the driver and eliminating the need for the driver to respond immediately to the received text message since the automatic response text message has already been sent to the sender; programmed means for notifying the driver that a text message was received and that an automatic response text message was sent to the sender of the received text message; programmed means for independent functioning of the “driving can't text” app without interfering with the normal functioning of the driver's cellular phone to allow full use of the driver's cellular phone as needed and as judged safe by the driver, preferably after the driver has stopped driving, the “driving can't text” app providing an immediate response text message to the sender, thereby eliminating the need for any immediate action by the driver.