US 11057738

Patent Overview — US11057738B2

Title: Adaptive context detection in mobile devices
Patent number: US11057738B2
Application number: US16/182,863
Inventor: Pawel Aksamit
Current assignee (as listed): Context Directions LLC (originally assigned to Binartech Sp. Z O.O.)
Priority date (as listed): 2012-02-17
Filing date: 2018-11-07
Publication date: 2021-07-06
Anticipated expiration (as listed): 2033-02-05
Other version: US20190075429A1
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US11057738](/patent/US11057738)/en

Purpose. The patent addresses context detection for mobile devices — a mobile device becoming aware of its environment, the user's current activity, and the user's circumstances. A stated special case is detecting that the device is located in a moving vehicle, such as a car. The text notes that using device functions to make calls or send messages while driving is inadvisable and in many countries prohibited, while other functions (e.g., navigation, or downloading and announcing road-hazard information by tone, voice, or visual message) may be advantageous in those circumstances.

Plain-language scope. The invention relates to a method for detecting context of a mobile device and to a mobile device having a context detection module, especially to detect that the device is located in a moving vehicle. The excerpt describes a known alternative approach — determining approximate position from cellular base-station signals and calculating average speed from position change over time — and notes that such positioning is typically uncertain by a few hundred meters to several kilometers. The excerpt's prior-art keywords include classification, mobile device, classifier, sensor, and groups, and its classifications cover location-based services using velocity/acceleration information, power saving based on local events, and context/environment-adapted mobile phone user interfaces.

What the excerpt does not establish. It does not set out the claims, the detailed description, the specific classification/sensor-group architecture, any prior-art references relied upon, or the outcome of the listed litigation. Nor does it verify inventorship, ownership, or legal status beyond the listed data.