Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.

According to a vehicle display system, a mobile terminal apparatus includes: a primary-screen-view display section that displays an output screen-view generated with execution of an application on the mobile terminal apparatus as a primary screen-view; a conversion section that converts the primary screen-view into a secondary screen-view complying with a vehicle apparatus; a manipulation layer generation section that generates a manipulation layer to manipulate the application; a state layer generation section that generates a state layer indicating a state of the mobile terminal apparatus; and a transmission section that transmits the secondary screen-view, the manipulation layer, and the state layer to the vehicle apparatus. The vehicle apparatus includes a secondary-screen-view display section that displays the manipulation layer and the state layer on the vehicle apparatus itself together with the secondary screen-view.

An in-vehicle navigation apparatus with a handsfree function establishes a Bluetooth communication link with a cellular phone. When receiving from the cellular phone outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which were stored in the cellular phone before establishing the Bluetooth communication link, the in-vehicle navigation apparatus stores, in a work memory, the received outgoing call history data and the received incoming call history data, equally to, of the navigation apparatus itself, outgoing call history data and incoming call history data. An outgoing call operation then becomes possible using outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which are stored in the work memory.

Disclosed embodiments are directed an application program configured to run on a user's mobile device can allow voice-activated call pick-up to the user, without the user having to use his or her hands for picking up the call. For example, the application program can initially be trained to a user's voice command. When an incoming call is received at the mobile device, the user can pick up the call by issuing a voice command. In some embodiments, the application program can determine whether to allow voice-activated pick-up of calls based on data collected from multiple sensors associated with the vehicle, the mobile device, or a remote source.

A passenger detector identifies biometric information of a passenger on board a vehicle from a video captured by a camera that captures the inside of the cabin of the vehicle and specifies the boarding position of the passenger. A determiner determines whether or not a mobile terminal associated with the biometric information identified by the passenger detector is in a state of being connectable by near field communication. In a case where there is a plurality of mobile terminals determined by the determiner to be in a state of being connectable by near field communication, a decider decides a mobile terminal to be connected by near field communication on the basis of boarding positions of a plurality of passengers specified by a plurality of pieces of biometric information associated with the plurality of mobile terminals. A communication controller connects the mobile terminal decided by the decider and the vehicle device by near field communication.

Disclosed are a mobile device and a method of controlling the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a sensor configured to detect at least one movement of the mobile device, a communicator configured to communicate with a vehicle, and at least one processor configured to control the communicator to establish a communication with the vehicle based on vehicle information received from the vehicle, determine a state of the mobile device based on at least one of a communication state with the vehicle and the detected at least one movement of the mobile device, and control, based on the determined state, the mobile device to operate in a first mode of providing a notification or in a second mode of not providing the notification.

An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus is configured to: perform control relating to data transfer using a transfer protocol to achieve transfer of first incoming call history data representing a source of an incoming call received by first communication of voice using a phone application dedicated to an operating system of a mobile phone, first outgoing call history data, phone book data, second incoming call history data representing a source of an incoming call received by second communication of voice using a communication application, second outgoing call history data, and registration data, stored in the mobile phone, when the mobile phone exists in a wireless connection area; and store the received first incoming call history data, first outgoing call history data, phone book data, second incoming call history data, second outgoing call history data, and registration data.

A safety system particularly for a transport service software application. The system integrates into an existing transport service software application communicates with a cellular network mobile device of a transport service driver or at least one passenger located in a vehicle offering rideshare services. In an emergency, a user of the system may press a panic button on the application. The mobile device activates its camera and microphone turns on to livestreams audio and video to emergency personnel, and transmits GPS data to said emergency personnel.

A hands-free device according to the present disclosure includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to: connect to a cellular phone in a hands-free telephone conversation-enabled manner pursuant to HFP; receive from the cellular phone at least one of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, unattended incoming call history data, and telephone directory data stored in the cellular phone by a communication protocol pursuant to PBAP; and receive, when the cellular phone receives a voice message or an answerphone record, at least one of information on the voice message and information on the answerphone record from the cellular phone.

A hands-free apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: connect to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free telephone conversation; receive at least one data of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and execute synchronization permission checking processing to check whether transfer of the at least one data is permitted in the mobile phone before receiving the at least one data from the mobile phone.