Patent ID: 8437729

Claim:
A mobile communicator comprising: a contact operable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and positioned to complete an electric circuit when the contact is in the closed position thereby activating the mobile communicator and providing the mobile communicator with functionality; a display; a notification mechanism for alerting a user; a user interface configured for allowing a user to enter a plurality of inputs, the plurality of inputs associated with an alphanumeric combination of numbers and letters; a transmitter in operable communication with the user interface and configured to send a transmission from the mobile communicator to a destination corresponding with the destination input; a receiver capable of receiving a transmission from a transmitting device; and an enabling system; wherein the mobile communicator includes an initial default disabled state, wherein at least one of the display, the notification mechanism, the user interface, the transmitter, the receiver, a voice to text interface, a text messaging interface, an image messaging interface, a video messaging interface, an internet browser, an image capturer, a voice capturer, a video capturer, a GPS graphical map viewer, an inertial navigation system, a game player, a video player, a digital music player, an alarm clock, a digital memo pad, a digital calendar, a two-way radio, an e-book reader, an electronic contact rolodex, and a calculator is disabled; wherein the mobile communicator remains in the initial default disabled state even when the contact is in the closed position and the activating electrical circuit is complete; and wherein a logic of the enabling system is configured to change the initial default disabled state of the mobile communicator to an enabled state, wherein the at least one of the display, the notification mechanism, the user interface, the transmitter, the receiver, the voice to text interface, the text messaging interface, the image messaging interface, the video messaging interface, the internet browser, the image capturer, the voice capturer, the video capturer, the GPS graphical map viewer, the inertial navigation system, the game player, the video player, the digital music player, the alarm clock, the digital memo pad, the digital calendar, the two-way radio, the e-book reader, the electronic contact rolodex, and the calculator become enabled, when a speed detection system of the mobile communicator determines that the mobile communicator is moving at a speed that is less than a setpoint speed.