Patent ID: 9292045
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile device comprising: an external housing; a processor; data storage containing an operating system and application software for execution by the processor; a display screen to display a locked screen requiring user authentication when the mobile device is in a locked mode; a camera module including a camera lens facing a housing camera lens cover; and an accelerometer to detect at least one of movement, position and orientation of the mobile device and to send a first signal to the processor; wherein, when the processor determines that the mobile device is in a stationary portrait position or a stationary landscape position and has remained in the stationary portrait position or the stationary landscape position for a period of time after the processor determines that the mobile device is in the stationary portrait or the stationary landscape position based on the first signal, the processor automatically activates a camera application, wherein the automatic activation of the camera application includes signaling to the display screen to display a camera screen from the locked screen without requiring user authentication and while maintaining the locked mode of the mobile device.