US 11,889,015 B2
System and methods to facilitate safe driving
Yossef Cohen, Hod Hasharon (IL); Amiram Gur Gerasi, Ganey Tikva (IL); Eliyahu Gur, Hannaton (IL); and Yaakov Shoshan, Ashkelon (IL)
Assigned to SAVERONE 2014 LTD., Petah-Tikva (IL)
Filed by SAVERONE 2014 LTD., Petah-Tikva (IL)
Filed on May 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/867,276.
Application 16/867,276 is a continuation of application No. 16/522,178, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,686,929.
Application 16/522,178 is a continuation of application No. 16/053,318, filed on Aug. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,412,212, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 16/053,318 is a continuation of application No. 15/314,295, granted, now 10,075,581, issued on Sep. 11, 2018, previously published as PCT/IL2015/050630, filed on Jun. 22, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/112,484, filed on Feb. 5, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/015,445, filed on Jun. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0322476 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 1/72454 (2021.01) [H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04M 1/6075 (2013.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/724098 (2022.02); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle safety system operating on a driver's cellphone and comprising:
selective blocking apparatus, controlled by a processor, for blocking specified functionalities of the cellphone only when the cellphone is in a vehicle m motion; and.
communication functionality operative to receive from a remote server and deliver updates which determine which specified functionalities the selective blocking apparatus is to block;
wherein the processor is configured to include cellphone identification functionality operative to identify presence of a cellphone in a driver's seat area by receiving and analyzing RF signals of the cellphone's modem and accordingly, to command the selective blocking apparatus to block specified functionalities of only the driver's cellphone without affecting functioning of other cellphones present in the vehicle;
wherein the cellphone identification functionality enables the processor to control the selective Hocking apparatus for Hocking specified functionalities of only the driver's cellphone without affecting functioning, of other cellphones present in a moving vehicle; and
wherein, to support plural cellular frequencies, the cellphone identification functionahty is configured to a given region/country standards, by loading a configuration file from a version control server;
wherein the selective blocking apparatus has at least the following mode of operation: (i) idle mode.