ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,007, issued on April 21.
"System and method for disabling texting while driving" was invented by Idoniboye Benaiah Bagshaw (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A software application that implements a system and method for preventing texting by a mobile telephone being transported in a vehicle moving at a speed greater than a predetermined speed. Captured or prevented texts are stored until the vehicle has reduced its speed appropriately or stopped altogether at which point captured text are published. Analytic data specific to a safe driving mode, including start, and, duration, and route data may be published and a safe drivi...