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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Esakkiappan Sankaran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method includes detecting, by a first mobile communication device, a group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the first mobile communication device; initiating pairing of each mobile communication device of the group with the first mobile communication device and with each other; providing, by the first mobile communication device, an alphanumeric code to the group of mobile communication devices along with a drive mode disable command; determining that the first mobile communication device is associated with the vehicle driver; and placing the first mobile communication device in drive mode and broadcasting an advertising packet to the other mobile communication devices of the group. The advertising packet contains a disable drive mode command and the alphanumeric code.