Patent №
US 8,893,053
Granted
2014-11-18
Filed 2010
Owner
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
Lab
—
AI components
3
vision · kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12761103
A method to help restrict operation of a mobile device in a situation where a user of the device may be distracted, such as when the user is driving a motor vehicle. The device presents the user with a test and reveals the solution to the test, and the user must then enter into the device the revealed solution within a predefined period of time. If the user enters the revealed solution within the predefined period of time, then a fair assumption is that the user is not distracted. On the other hand, if the user does not enter the revealed solution within the predefined period of time, then a fair assumption is that the user is distracted (e.g., is driving), in which case the device will responsively change an operational characteristic of the device so as to restrict the user's interaction with and operation of the device.
AI classification
Ownership
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
assignment · 242400189
Assignors
HYDE, CALEB S., HALFERTY, CLARK D., WURTENBERGER, ANDREW M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.