Patent ID: 8731610

Claim:
A method for providing a zone-based user interface (UI) on a mobile device, comprising: defining usage zones; associating at least one user interface with each one of the defined usage zones; responsive to identifying the mobile device is within a defined zone of the defined usage zones, determining whether a user is actively using the mobile device; responsive to identifying the mobile device is within the defined zone and determining that the user is not actively using the mobile device, automatically displaying the user interface associated with the defined zone; responsive to identifying the mobile device is within the defined zone and determining that the user is actively using the mobile device, preventing display of the user interface associated with the defined zone, and at least one of: manually selecting a location of at least one usage zone associated with a UI by entering at least one of map coordinates, a radius, a starting point, or an ending point; and geographically traversing an area within the at least one usage zone, wherein the mobile device determines the boundary of the usage zone.