Granted Patent B1

US 12,376,069 · App. 18/216,967 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventor: Donald McKeefery (Advance, NC)

Assignee: NoCell Technologies, LLC

H04W64/006H04B17/318

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. A computerized method comprising:

detecting, by logic processing on a network device, (i) movement of the network device at a speed above a predetermined threshold and (ii) presence of a transceiver;

implementing, by the logic processing on the network device, a set of policies on the network device, wherein implementation of the set of policies is configured to restrict functionality of the network device according to a predefined list of functionalities;

detecting, by the network device, the speed of the network device is zero miles per hour (mph);

while continuing to detect that the speed of the network device is zero mph, altering a trip duration counter at predetermined time intervals;

determining an end of a trip of the network device has occurred when the trip duration counter is altered to a predetermined value while the speed of the network device is zero mph, wherein the trip includes the network device traveling within a vehicle;

determining an end to a trip segment has occurred in lieu of the end of the trip when the speed of the network device exceeds zero mph and the trip duration counter is not yet altered to the predetermined value; and

continuing the set of policies on the network device or enacting the set of policies in response to the set of policies being released before the trip duration counter has been altered to the predetermined value.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the presence of the transceiver includes transmitting a connection request via a first communication protocol to the transceiver and receiving a response to the connection request from the transceiver.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein restricting the functionality of the network device includes removing icons from a display screen of the network device.

4. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the movement of the network device is performed by an application processing on the network device and is based on sensory data detected by one or more sensors of the network device.

5. The computerized method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more sensors include an accelerometer, a vibration sensor, or a GPS unit.

6. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein altering the trip duration counter includes either: (i) incrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from an initial value and the predetermined value is greater than the initial value, or (ii) decrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from the initial value and the predetermined value is less than the initial value.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the logic processing on the network device, a query to cloud computing logic for the set of policies that are to be implemented on the network device; and

receiving, by the logic processing on the network device, the set of policies from the cloud computing logic.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting, by logic processing on a network device, (i) movement of the network device at a speed above a predetermined threshold and (ii) presence of a transceiver;

implementing, by the logic processing on the network device, a set of policies on the network device, wherein implementation of the set of policies is configured to restrict functionality of the network device according to a predefined list of functionalities;

detecting, by the network device, the speed of the network device is zero miles per hour (mph);

while continuing to detect that the speed of the network device is zero mph, altering a trip duration counter at predetermined time intervals;

determining an end of a trip of the network device has occurred when the trip duration counter is altered to a predetermined value while the speed of the network device is zero mph, wherein the trip includes the network device traveling within a vehicle;

determining an end to a trip segment has occurred in lieu of the end of the trip when the speed of the network device exceeds zero mph and the trip duration counter is not yet altered to the predetermined value; and

continuing the set of policies on the network device or enacting the set of policies in response to the set of policies being released before the trip duration counter has been altered to the predetermined value.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein detecting the presence of the transceiver includes transmitting a connection request via a first communication protocol to the transceiver and receiving a response to the connection request from the transceiver.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein restricting the functionality of the network device includes removing icons from a display screen of the network device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein detecting the movement of the network device is performed by an application processing on the network device and is based on sensory data detected by one or more sensors of the network device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the one or more sensors include an accelerometer, a vibration sensor, or a GPS unit.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein altering the trip duration counter includes either: (i) incrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from an initial value and the predetermined value is greater than the initial value, or (ii) decrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from the initial value and the predetermined value is less than the initial value.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting, by the logic processing on the network device, a query to cloud computing logic for the set of policies that are to be implemented on the network device; and

receiving, by the logic processing on the network device, the set of policies from the cloud computing logic.

15. A computing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

detecting, by logic processing on a network device, (i) movement of the network device at a speed above a predetermined threshold and (ii) presence of a transceiver;

implementing, by the logic processing on the network device, a set of policies on the network device, wherein implementation of the set of policies is configured to restrict functionality of the network device according to a predefined list of functionalities;

detecting, by the network device, the speed of the network device is zero miles per hour (mph);

while continuing to detect that the speed of the network device is zero mph, altering a trip duration counter at predetermined time intervals;

determining an end of a trip of the network device has occurred when the trip duration counter is altered to a predetermined value while the speed of the network device is zero mph, wherein the trip includes the network device traveling within a vehicle;

determining an end to a trip segment has occurred in lieu of the end of the trip when the speed of the network device exceeds zero mph and the trip duration counter is not yet altered to the predetermined value; and

continuing the set of policies on the network device or enacting the set of policies in response to the set of policies being released before the trip duration counter has been altered to the predetermined value.

16. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein detecting the presence of the transceiver includes transmitting a connection request via a first communication protocol to the transceiver and receiving a response to the connection request from the transceiver.

17. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein restricting the functionality of the network device includes removing icons from a display screen of the network device.

18. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein detecting the movement of the network device is performed by an application processing on the network device and is based on sensory data detected by one or more sensors of the network device, and wherein the one or more sensors include an accelerometer, a vibration sensor, or a GPS unit.

19. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein altering the trip duration counter includes either: (i) incrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from an initial value and the predetermined value is greater than the initial value, or (ii) decrementing the trip duration counter at the predetermined time intervals from the initial value and the predetermined value is less than the initial value.

20. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting, by the logic processing on the network device, a query to cloud computing logic for the set of policies that are to be implemented on the network device; and

receiving, by the logic processing on the network device, the set of policies from the cloud computing logic.

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