Automatic answering of a mobile phone

A method of answering a mobile phone, comprising:

• detecting that the mobile phone is receiving a call;
• checking, as a first check, whether a proximity sensor detects a presence of a nearby object by detecting a first nearby object;
• if the proximity sensor detects the presence of the first nearby object, checking, as a second check, that the proximity sensor changes state to not detecting the presence of the first nearby object for at least a predetermined period of time;
• if the proximity sensor, as the second check, changes state to not detecting the presence of the first nearby object, then checking, as a third check, a pitch and roll of the mobile phone and determining whether the pitch and roll are indicative of user movement to answer the mobile phone
• checking, as a fourth check, whether the proximity sensor returns to a state of detecting a nearby object, by detecting a second nearby object, wherein the first, second, third and fourth checks all occur during a process of answering the same call on the mobile phone;
• and
• automatically answering the call if the proximity sensor returns to the state of detecting a nearby object by detecting the second nearby object.

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for executing a method of answering a mobile phone, the method comprising:

• detecting that the mobile phone is receiving a call;
• checking, as a first check, whether a proximity sensor detects a presence of a nearby object by detecting a first nearby object;
• if the proximity sensor detects the presence of the first nearby object, checking, as a second check, that the proximity sensor changes state to not detecting the presence of the first nearby object for at least a predetermined period of time;
• checking, as a third check, whether a pitch and roll of the mobile phone are within predetermined limits;
• if the pitch and roll are within the predetermined limits, checking, as a fourth check, whether the proximity sensor returns to a state of detecting a nearby object, by detecting a second nearby object, wherein the first check, second check and third check all occur during a process of answering the call;
• and
• automatically answering the call if the proximity sensor returns to the state of detecting a nearby object by detecting the second nearby object.