Patents by Inventor Frank Farrell

Frank Farrell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090215466
    Abstract: The invention describes a method implemented on a mobile phone that will disable a cellular phone to prevent an incoming and outgoing or re-route an incoming cellular phone call/text/video/messages and the like if the cellular phone is known to be moving at a predetermined speed corresponding to an unsafe operation of a vehicle. The system and method will determine if the cellular phone is travelling at the predetermined speed and if so will alert the user, then perform any one or all of, a set of predetermined actions such as shutdown the phone, re-route all call to voice messages, store all text messages, shutdown the display, prevent outbound calling/texting, and the like. The invention prevents an individual from using their cellular phone while operating a moving vehicle at or above a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Darcy Ahl, Frank Farrell, Jose M. Fernandez, Joe Mangione, Stephen Vowell
  • Patent number: D921462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Frank Farrell