Patent ID: 8320884
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a user device, functionality of the user device when the user device is not located in a moving vehicle; receiving, by the user device, information associated with the user device, detecting, by the user device, movement of the user device; determining, by the user device, whether the movement is greater than a threshold velocity; determining, when the movement is greater than the threshold velocity, whether the user device is located in the moving vehicle based on the information associated with the user device; placing the functionality of the user device into a semi-locked state when the user device is located in a moving vehicle; providing for display, by the user device, an unlock mechanism on a display of the user device when the functionality of the user device is in the semi-locked state, enabling, by the user device, particular functions of the user device when the functionality of the user device is in the semi-locked state; detecting, by the user device, a first contact, by a user of the user device, on the unlock mechanism; enabling, by the user device, additional functions of the user device when the first contact remains in contact with the unlock mechanism, detecting, by the user device, a second contact, by the user, on one or more keys associated with one of the additional functions; and performing, by the user device, the one of the additional functions based on the second contact on the one or more keys.