US 11,932,257 B2
Determining, scoring, and reporting mobile phone distraction of a driver
Hari Balakrishnan, Belmont, MA (US); William Bradley, Arlington, MA (US); Samuel Ross Madden, Newton, MA (US); and Jun-geun Park, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,981.
Application 17/976,981 is a continuation of application No. 16/931,743, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,485,369.
Application 16/931,743 is a continuation of application No. 16/403,776, filed on May 6, 2019, granted, now 10,759,441, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159034 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising
receiving signals from one or more detectors housed in a mobile device while the mobile device is on a trip,
determining a possible distraction episode based on the received signals,
presenting information about the possible distraction episode to a user,
receiving information from a user who was a participant on the trip indicative of a circumstance of the trip, the information being received in response to the presenting of the information about possible distraction episode,
the circumstance of the trip comprising the user of the mobile device during the possible distraction episode not being a driver of the trip,
automatically determining that the user of the mobile device during the possible distraction episode was not the driver of the trip, and
determining whether the possible distraction episode was a relevant distraction episode based on the circumstance of the trip.