Patent ID: 8976114
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F,G08C

Abstract:
1. A method for managing power of a hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface providing at least one input element and a sensor, the method comprising: using the sensor to determine when the hand-held portable device has been removed from an object surface; and when it is determined that that hand-held portable device has been removed from an object surface, transitioning the hand-held device from a first operational mode to a second operational mode; wherein, in the first operational mode, power is periodically provided to the sensor at a first time interval and the at least one input element provided by the touch sensitive surface in disabled and, in the second operational mode, power is periodically provided to the sensor at a second time interval longer than the first time interval, the at least one input element provided by the touch sensitive surface is enabled, and the hand-held device responds to user interactions with the enabled at least one input element.