US 12,225,429 B2
Passively capturing and monitoring device behaviors
James Wilbert Devine, Columbus, OH (US); and Daniel Craig Manges, Powell, OH (US)
Assigned to CARET HOLDINGS, INC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Caret Holdings, Inc., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,746.
Application 18/462,746 is a continuation of application No. 17/087,274, filed on Nov. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,792,603.
Application 17/087,274 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,952, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,880,691.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421992 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/027 (2013.01) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining an activity identifier for a mobile device from an operating system (OS) of the mobile device, wherein obtaining further includes:
obtaining the sensor data further includes continuing to obtain the sensor data when the activity identifier changes to a different activity identifier and the changes back to the activity identifier within a configured amount of elapsed time;
determining the activity identifier is associated with the mobile device being driven in a car;
obtaining sensor data from sensors of the mobile device while the activity identifier remains associated with the mobile device being driven in the car;
calculating metrics from the sensor data; and
assigning one or more driving behaviors to a user associated with the mobile device based on the metrics.