Patent ID: 9204258
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An application embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium and intended for execution on a mobile communication device, the application configured to: receive a plurality of sample g-force signals from an accelerometer, the plurality of sample g-force signals indicative of ambient motion of the mobile communication device; generate an ambient motion pattern from the plurality of sample g-force signals, the ambient motion pattern indicative of the ambient motion of the mobile communication device; ascertain if the mobile communication device is in an undesirable motion state from the ambient motion pattern generated from the plurality of sample g-force signals received from the accelerometer, the undesirable motion state determined by a percentage of the plurality of sample g-force signals, over a predetermined period of time, falling within a g-force reading range that is indicative of the ambient motion of the mobile communication device in relation to a vehicle when traveling on a road surface; and prevent the use of one or more communication and/or other application functions on the mobile communication device when it is ascertained that the mobile communication device is in the undesirable motion state.