Invoke Facility Service for Vehicular Safety Restrictions
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Solution Overview
Problem
The National Transportation Safety Board's concerns about driver distraction due to wireless mobile terminal use in vehicles are not adequately addressed by existing technologies, as they fail to restrict dangerous mobile usage while allowing essential life-saving and commerce-related communications.
Innovation Solution
The Invoke facility service is used to apply invocation restrictions to wireless mobile terminal CWS apps, employing Boolean expressions and the 'Not' operation to prevent app invocation during dangerous conditions, such as vehicle movement, ensuring safe usage while allowing critical communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wireless mobile terminal usage is completely restricted during vehicle movement, then driver safety is improved, but essential life-saving and commerce-related communications are blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between types of communications during vehicle movement. Instead of a uniform restriction, the system allows specific communications (life-saving and commerce-related) while blocking others (entertainment and non-essential). This is achieved through service classification and selective invocation restrictions that treat different communication services differently based on their importance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the restriction system adaptive to different situations and service types. The Invoke facility service dynamically evaluates whether to allow or restrict invocation based on the specific service being accessed, the vehicle's movement state, and the importance level of the communication. This dynamic approach enables the system to adjust its behavior rather than applying static restrictions.
2Reliability
If existing restriction technologies are used, then some driver distraction is reduced, but they fail to adequately address NTSB concerns while allowing dangerous usage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by proactively preventing dangerous invocations before they occur. The system monitors vehicle movement status and service types, and blocks invocation of inappropriate services before the driver can be distracted. This preventive approach is more effective than reactive measures that attempt to reduce distraction after it has occurred.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors vehicle status (movement, stopping) and adjusts service invocation permissions accordingly. The Invoke facility service receives feedback about the current state and modifies its restriction behavior in real-time, allowing safe services when appropriate and blocking dangerous ones, creating a closed-loop safety system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If service classification and selective invocation restriction are implemented, then essential communications are preserved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the Invoke facility service to handle multiple functions within a single system component. The service not only manages normal service invocation but also integrates safety monitoring, service classification, and selective restriction capabilities. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated systems for each function, thereby managing complexity while achieving service differentiation.
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AI summary
This invention provides a mechanism for restricting invocation of wireless mobile terminal (Smartphone) apps whose execution creates a vehicular driving hazard. Events that cause such hazards are included. An event example is “being a vehicle's driver” and attempting to do the app of texting. Events to restrict an app invocation are also included. These include remote restrictions, such as parents remotely turning off the texting app of their children driving an automobile. Spatial parameters, such as driving on high speed and/or heavy traffic roads, also represent restricting events. Events are inserted within an Invoke facility service's Boolean expression by the builder of an Invoke facility service. The Boolean expression determines whether the invocation of its related app takes place.


