Patent ID: 9661480
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of enabling a lock button of a mobile device with an operating system to be used by a user to effect an action when the mobile device is in the locked state, the method including: executing an application on the mobile device wherein when the mobile device is in the locked state, the application is in a dormant mode; monitoring by the operating system of the mobile device for a change of location of the mobile device during the locked state; monitoring by the operating system of the mobile device for the receipt of a short range wireless data signal during the locked state; notifying the application upon detecting a change of location of the mobile device or upon receiving a short range wireless data signal; entering a background mode and monitoring the on/off state of a screen of the mobile device for any switching between an on state and an off state of the screen in response to the notification; and when the on/off state of the screen changes at least twice within a predetermined period of time then the application executes an action.