Patent ID: 8208979

Claim:
A method for handling open and close events in a wireless device, wherein the wireless device is a flip-style or slide-style wireless device having a lower casing with a lid, wherein one of the lid and lower casing is moveable with respect to the other between an open state and a closed state, the wireless device having a sensor connected to a processor, the sensor providing an open signal to the processor indicating an open event when the wireless device is opened and providing a close signal to the processor indicating a close event when the wireless device is closed, the method comprising: detecting one of the open event and the close event each time the open event or the close event occurs; recording the detected event and a time of the detected event with each event occurrence; monitoring for two recorded events within a predetermined time threshold; executing a first configured action if the two events are recorded within the predetermined time threshold; monitoring for only a single recorded event within the predetermined time threshold; and executing a second configured action if only the single recorded event is recorded within the predetermined time threshold, wherein the second configured action includes placing a display of the wireless device into a power saving mode in response to the single recorded event being the close event.