Patent ID: 8761821
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04K,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile services control system for controlling use of one or more services provided by a wireless mobile communication device, comprising: an in-vehicle detection subsystem for detecting the mobile communication device within a vehicle, the in-vehicle detection subsystem including: (a) one or more detectors for wirelessly detecting a location of the mobile communication device and identifying the mobile communication device that has been registered with the system and associated with the in-vehicle detection subsystem; (b) a vehicle operation detector that determines one or more characteristics indicative of the vehicle being operated by a user; wherein the mobile communication device moves independently from the in-vehicle detection subsystem; computational equipment that uses a first input indicative of the location of the mobile communication device to determine whether the mobile communication device is present, a second input indicative of the one or more characteristics to determine whether the vehicle is being operated by a user, and a third input to determine whether the mobile communication device is registered with the system and associated with the in-vehicle detection subsystem, and when the mobile communication device is present, the vehicle is being operated by a user, and the mobile communication device is registered with the system and associated with the in-vehicle detection system, the computational equipment communicates with a wireless service provider for the mobile communication device for notifying the provider to restrict access to the services provided by the mobile communication device or the computational equipment communicates with the mobile communication device to restrict access to the services provided by the mobile communication device.