Patent ID: 8898771

Claim:
An apparatus for preventing a dangerous user behavior with a mobile communication device, the apparatus comprising: a pedometer sensor capable of sensing vibrations or movements caused by a mobile communication device user to generate an output value, wherein the pedometer sensor is integrated into a casing of the mobile communication device; a CPU operatively connected to the pedometer sensor inside the casing of the mobile communication device; a memory unit operatively connected to the CPU and also operatively connected to the pedometer sensor; and a software program executed on the CPU and the memory unit, wherein the software program generates a user safety feature list menu for prevention of dangerous user behavior on a touch screen, wherein the user safety feature list menu comprises a jogging lock on/off switch, a walking lock on/off switch, a location tracking-based walking and jogging lock accuracy improvement switch, a “walking lock options” sub-menu, and a “jogging lock options” sub-menu, each sub-menu of which incorporates at least one of a “disable typing function” switch, a “disable web browser” switch, and a “disable camera” switch within the walking lock options sub-menu and the jogging lock options sub-menu, and wherein the software program also reads the output value from the pedometer sensor to determine whether a walking lock or a jogging lock needs to be enabled to prevent, prohibit, or limit usage of one or more functions listed under the walking lock options sub-menu and the jogging lock options sub-menu, if the mobile communication device user is determined to be walking or jogging by the pedometer sensor and the software program.