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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Jamie Christopher Howarter, Kansas City, MO (US);
Charles Michael Lesher, Louisburg, KS (US);
Jeffrey Sweeney, Olathe, KS (US);
Robert J. Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);
Heather Ann Hull, Overland Park, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method and database management system for controlling the operability of a mobile communications device. A geographic location of a vehicle is determined. A position of the mobile communications device with in the vehicle is determined. Conditional parameters of the mobile communications device are determined. Database records correlating location information with restrictions are accessed. A determination is made whether use of the mobile communications device should be restricted within the vehicle in response to the geographical location, the position of the mobile communications device within the vehicle, the conditional parameters, and the database records The capabilities of the mobile communications device are configured in response to the restrictions.