Patent ID: 8228292

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for identifying motion-based inputs to an electronic device, the method comprising: placing the electronic device into an operating mode in which one or more functions are disabled; determining that the electronic device has been rotated in a first direction of rotation past a first threshold orientation; after determining that the electronic device has been rotated in the first direction of rotation past the first threshold, maintaining the electronic device in the operating mode in which one or more functions are disabled; determining that the electronic device has been rotated in a second direction of rotation that is substantially the opposite of the first direction of rotation, past a second threshold; and after determining that (i) the electronic device has been rotated in the first direction of rotation past the first threshold, and (ii) the electronic device has been rotated in the second direction of rotation that is substantially the opposite of the first direction of rotation, past the second threshold, placing the electronic device into an operating mode in which the one or more functions are enabled.