Hand activated mode setting
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsElif Karakaya, Robert A. Bowser, Scott Edwards Kelso, Jian Li, Bradley Park Strazisar, Song Erin Wang, Jianban Zhang
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Abstract
A mobile networked device includes a processor, a control program stored on a computer readable medium, a sensor to detect whether the networked device is being held by a user, and wherein the control program receives signals from the sensor and places the device into an in-hand mode when the received signals are representative of the user holding the device.
Claims20
A mobile networked device comprising:
- a processor;
- a display operatively coupled to the processor;
- a computer readable medium accessible by the processor and storing a control program;
- a sensor, operatively coupled to the processor, to detect whether the networked device is being held by a user;
- and
- wherein the control program receives signals from the sensor and places the device into an in-hand mode when the received signals are representative of the user holding the device.
A method comprising:
- receiving an event at a mobile device;
- providing a notification in accordance with a first mode;
- detecting when the device is being held by a user;
- switching the device to an in-hand mode;
- and
- discontinuing aural and tactile notifications when the device is switched to the in-hand mode.
A computer readable storage device having instructions for causing a mobile networked device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving an event at a mobile device;
- providing a notification in accordance with a first mode;
- detecting when the device is being held by a user;
- switching the device to an in-hand mode;
- and
- discontinuing aural and tactile notifications when the device is switched to the in-hand mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.