Patent ID: 9743045
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,H04M,H04N,H04R,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a video-audio switching system and from a detection mechanism of a mobile device, a signal indicative of a position of the mobile device, the position including an orientation of the mobile device and a proximity of the mobile device relative to a user of the mobile device; determining, by the video-audio switching system, that the position of the mobile device corresponds to an audio mode; determining, by the video-audio switching system, whether a current operating mode of the mobile device corresponds to the audio mode; and responsive to a determination that the current operating mode does not correspond to the audio mode, automatically switching, by the video-audio switching system, the current operating mode of the mobile device to the audio mode, wherein switching to the audio mode includes causing the mobile device to output audio from a first output device of the mobile device instead of from a second output device of the mobile device.