ONCI ahead of the league to reduce Distracted Driv

ONCI ahead of the league to reduce Distracted Driving Epidemic

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Distracted driving activities
Anything that takes your attention away from driving can be a distraction. Sending a text message, talking on a cell phone, using a navigation system, and eating while driving are a few examples of distracted driving. Any of these distractions can endanger the driver and others.
Texting while driving is especially dangerous because it combines all three types of distraction.3 Sending or reading a text message takes your eyes off the road for about 5 seconds, long enough to cover a football field while driving at 55 mph.4

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Management of mobile device communication sessions to reduce user distraction
Patent number: 8738005
Abstract: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and may reflect the risk associated with using the device to handle a call or other communications session. The communication management system uses the context information, optionally in combination with communication device profiles, to determine how to manage incoming and/or ongoing calls or other communication sessions. Mobile device users may also be inhibited from initiating communication sessions.
Type: Grant
Filed: February 29, 2008
Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
Assignee: Aegis Mobility, Inc.
Inventors: Stephen J. Williams, Peter A. Featherstone, Mandy Chan, Andrew S. Wright, John J. Geyer