Patent ID: 11936801
Assignee: PATMOS, UNIPESSOAL LDA
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method for inhibiting calls from a mobile telephone device, the method comprising:
an acquisition phase for acquiring at least one operating signal generated after the end of a call, relating to the mobile telephone device and/or to a user interaction therewith, wherein said acquisition phase starts after said end of a call and precedes a stand-by phase;
a temporary inhibition phase, wherein, based on said at least one acquired signal, any further calls through the mobile telephone device are prevented for a preset time interval,
wherein said temporary inhibition phase precedes said stand-by phase,
wherein acquiring said at least one operating signal comprising measuring a duration of a time interval in which said at least one operating signal is representative of the mobile telephone device being in a substantially stable orientation, and wherein, during the temporary inhibition phase, the making of calls through the mobile telephone device is inhibited if the measured duration of the time interval exceeds a preestablished time value.