Patent ID: 6449363
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telephone device comprising:a housing; telephone electronics, located within said housing and enabling said telephone to send and receive calls; a user interface, including a speakerphone-requesting interface portion; a condition sensor, which senses a predetermined condition of said telephone that indicates that the phone is in a condition that makes it unlikely to be pressed against a user's ear; and a processor, responsive to said user interface and said condition sensor, and enabling said phone to enter said speakerphone mode only when said condition sensor indicates that said phone is in said predetermined condition, wherein said condition sensor includes a tilt sensor, which senses a predetermined tilted orientation of said telephone, wherein said processor detects loss of said predetermined tilted orientation after speakerphone mode is entered, and removes the telephone from said speakerphone mode responsive to said detection; and wherein said portable phone is removed from speakerphone mode only when said tilt sensor condition persists for a specified time greater than one second.