ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,639, issued on May 5, was assigned to CELLCONTROL INC. (Baton Rouge, La.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for enforcing do not disturb functionality on mobile devices" was invented by Joseph E. Breaux III (Baton Rouge, La.), John Wright (Baton Rouge, La.) and Chad A. Kennedy (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies disclosed herein are directed to enforcing blocking functionality on a mobile device (e.g., a mobile device within a vehicle). The mobile device receives a request to disable a blocking of a user interaction with one or more functions of the mobile device. The mobile device prompts a capture of an image ...