US 11,778,436 B2
Systems, methods, and devices for enforcing do not disturb functionality on mobile devices
Joseph E. Breaux, III, Baton Rouge, LA (US); John Wright, Baton Rouge, LA (US); and Chad A. Kennedy, Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Assigned to CELLCONTROL, INC., Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Filed by CELLCONTROL, INC., Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,509.
Application 17/513,509 is a continuation of application No. 16/041,053, filed on Jul. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,178,272.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,993, filed on Sep. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,443, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053081 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/48 (2018.02) [G06V 20/593 (2022.01); H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G06F 2218/10 (2023.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
prompting, in response to a request to disable blocking of a user interaction with one or more functions of a mobile device of a user in a vehicle, a positioning of the mobile device in a specified orientation;
capturing a first image by a first camera of the mobile device while the specified orientation is maintained;
prompting, while the specified orientation is maintained, a capture of at least a second image by a second camera of the mobile device, the second image including one or more items;
determining, as a function of the at least the second image, whether the one or more items included in the second image is captured from a passenger space of the vehicle while the specified orientation is maintained;
upon determining that the one or more items is captured from the passenger space of the vehicle, prompting the user to provide an input;
upon validating the input, disabling the blocking of the user interaction with the one or more functions of the mobile device;
receiving accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data indicating that the mobile device has been moved to a driver space of the vehicle from the passenger space; and
reenabling, in response to the received accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data, the blocking of the user interaction with the one or more functions of the mobile device.