Patent ID: 8618939
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A24F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile electronic device comprising: a microphone operable to receive a user voice input; a user interface for alerting a user of an incoming call; an odor sensor located adjacent to the microphone, and operable to detect at least one predefined odor of the user voice input when the microphone is receiving the user voice input; and a control module electrically coupled to the user interface, the microphone and the odor sensor, the control module operable to initiate a fake incoming call alert on the user interface when a communication is not actually received by the mobile electronic device, the control module further operable to cause the odor sensor to operate when the microphone is receiving the user voice input in response to the fake incoming call alert, and to perform a predetermined process if the at least one predefined odor is detected.