Patents by Inventor Ruel Coe Mercure, JR.

Ruel Coe Mercure, JR. 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).

  • Method and system for controlling a mobile communication device
    Patent number: 9386447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ruel Coe Mercure, Jr., Jafar Nabkel
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130084847
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ruel Coe Mercure, JR., Jafar Nabkel