Patent ID: 8743069
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a mobile computing device, first input on a touchscreen of the computing device, wherein the mobile computing device has a housing with at least i) a first side that includes the touchscreen and ii) a second side with a non-touch sensitive surface; in response to receiving the first input, causing a first operation to be performed by the mobile computing device; determining, in response to performing the first operation, a group of operations that includes the first operation; detecting, using one or more motion sensors that are located inside the housing of the mobile computing device, motion of the mobile computing device; determining, based on the detected motion of the mobile computing device, whether a user tapped the non-touch sensitive surface of the second side of the housing of the mobile computing device, wherein the user is determined to have tapped the non-touch sensitive surface responsive to the mobile computing device detecting a contact with the non-touch sensitive surface of the second side of the housing of the mobile computing device, the contact having at least a threshold level of force as detected by the one or more motion sensors, wherein the threshold level of force indicates a distinction between a tap and other contact with the mobile computing device that is below the threshold level of force; selecting, by the mobile computing device and in response to determining that the user tapped the non-touch sensitive surface of the second side of the housing, a second operation from the group of operations; and causing the second operation to be performed.