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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Driving Management Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Marwan Hannon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
DRIVING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72577 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for inhibiting a function of a mobile device in a predetermined detection zone are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a mobile device, a first communication signal when the mobile device is located within a predetermined field of transmission, determining that the first communication signal was transmitted by a first beacon of a plurality of beacons, and inhibiting at least one function of the mobile device upon determining that the first communication signal was transmitted by the first beacon.