Patent ID: 9749467
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, an incoming call, wherein the mobile device includes an accelerometer; providing, by the mobile device, a notification to indicate the incoming call; after providing the notification of the incoming call, detecting, by the mobile device, a movement of the mobile device using the accelerometer of the mobile device; determining that the movement of the mobile device represents a particular gesture from among multiple gestures that comprise different movements of the mobile device, each of the multiple gestures having a different corresponding command; and in response to determining that the movement of the mobile device represents the particular gesture, changing an operating mode of the mobile device, wherein changing the operating mode of the device comprises performing the command corresponding to the particular gesture.