IP Library Granted Patent US 8,874,162
Granted Patent B2
US 8,874,162 · App. 13/726,097 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Mobile device safe driving

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Patent No.
US 8,874,162
App. No.
13/726,097
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In embodiments of mobile device safe driving, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a driving mode lock screen. The transition to display the driving mode lock screen occurs without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a safe driving service that is implemented to activate a safe driving mode of the mobile device, and disable features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

Claims (62)

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a display device; and

a processing system to implement a safe driving service that is configured to perform operations comprising:

determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;

responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

2. A mobile device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the safe driving service is configured to register safe driving events and unsafe driving events associated with use of the mobile device by a user of the mobile device driving.

3. A mobile device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the safe driving service is configured to aggregate the safe driving events and the unsafe driving events to generate a safe driving report that indicates one of safe driving or unsafe driving.

4. A mobile device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a communication interface for communicating with one or more other devices that are associated with the mobile device; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to communicate a safe driving report to an associated device of the mobile device.

5. A mobile device as recited in claim 4 , wherein the safe driving service is configured to generate the safe driving report to indicate that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

6. A mobile device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

an integrated digital camera of the mobile device that generates a digital image; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to determine whether the user of the mobile device is driving or is a passenger in the vehicle based on the digital image.

7. A mobile device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

an audio sensor configured to detect audio in the vehicle; and

wherein the safe driving service is configured to generate an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the audio in the vehicle is a driver distraction.

8. A mobile device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the safe driving service is configured to:

determine that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location;

determine a position of the mobile device based on location data; and

generate an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.

9. A method, comprising:

displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;

receiving user input entered on the device lock screen without receiving an authentication credential;

transitioning from displaying the device lock screen to displaying a driving mode lock screen;

activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

10. A method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

registering safe driving events and unsafe driving events associated with use of the mobile device by a user of the mobile device driving.

11. A method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

aggregating the safe driving events and the unsafe driving events; and

generating a safe driving report that indicates at least one of safe driving or unsafe driving.

12. A method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:

communicating the safe driving report to an associated device of the mobile device.

13. A method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

generating a safe driving report that indicates the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

14. A method as recited in claim 13 , further comprising:

determining that a user of the mobile device is driving the vehicle based on sensor data from a driver determination sensor;

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the user is using the mobile device while driving the vehicle; and

communicating the safe driving notification to one or more other devices that are associated with the mobile device.

15. A method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.

16. A method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

detecting an audio level in a vehicle; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the audio level in the vehicle is a driver distraction.

17. A method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that a user of the mobile device is a passenger in a vehicle; and

enabling the features of the mobile device responsive to the determination that the user of the device is the passenger in the vehicle.

18. A method, comprising:

displaying a device lock screen on an integrated display device of a mobile device;

determining whether a user of the mobile device is driving a vehicle or is a passenger in the vehicle;

responsive to the determining that the user is driving the vehicle, activating a safe driving mode of the mobile device to cause the display device to transition to a driving mode lock screen without entry of an authentication credential; and

disabling features of the mobile device while the safe driving mode is activated.

19. A method as recited in claim 18 , further comprising:

determining that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle; and

generating a safe driving report to indicate that the features of the mobile device were enabled by user override of a safe driving mode while the mobile device was moving in a vehicle.

20. A method as recited in claim 18 , further comprising:

determining that the mobile device has stopped in a vehicle at an unknown location;

determining a position of the mobile device based on location data; and

generating an unsafe driving notification to indicate that the vehicle has stopped at the unknown location.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2014
From: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 034544/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2013
From: SCHRADER, JOSEPH A; SARIN, RAMAN K; CHEN, TED TAI-YU; AGARWAL, SHARAD; MATTHEWS, JOSEPH H, III; GUDAY, SHAI; KING, JOSEPH SPENCER
To: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030852/0398 →