Patent ID: 9185203
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a mobile device and based on information provided by a proximity sensor, that an object is proximate the mobile device, wherein the proximity sensor is configured to detect a presence of the object without any physical contact between the object and the mobile device, and wherein the proximity sensor detects when the object is within a threshold distance from the proximity sensor; determining, by the mobile device, that an orientation of the mobile device changes to a first orientation; determining, by the mobile device, that the orientation of the mobile device stays in the first orientation for more than a first threshold period of time; after determining that the object is proximate the mobile device and that the orientation of the mobile device stays in the first orientation for more than the first threshold period of time, automatically turning off a display of the mobile device; and after turning off the display of the mobile device: