ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,099, issued on March 4.
"Validate an activation of an application on a driver's smartphone" was invented by Pedro Vial Maceratta (Santiago, Chile).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for activating an application program, on a smartphone. This method forces the driver of a vehicle to activate and keep the application program activated while driving, since it is a telematic insurance for a vehicle that only has coverage while the smartphone is not used and a programmed speed limit is not exceeded. This method makes it difficult to activate immediately after a crash and requires a trip at a certain speed and for a time T, something ve...