Patent ID: 8165622

Claim:
A method of setting a telephony mode of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting, using one or more sensors, a direction of motion of the mobile terminal during an incoming call event; and setting the telephony mode to an audio call mode or a video call mode according to the detected direction of the motion, wherein the setting of the telephony mode further comprises: setting the telephony mode to the video call mode if a video operation of the mobile terminal is being performed when the incoming call event initiates; setting the telephony mode to the audio call mode if a non-video audio operation of the mobile terminal is being performed when the incoming call event initiates; setting the telephony mode to the video call mode if a first direction motion of the mobile terminal is detected and neither the video operation or the audio operation is being performed when the incoming call event initiates; and setting the telephony mode to the audio call mode if a second direction motion, different from the first direction motion, of the mobile terminal is detected and neither the video operation or the audio operation is being performed when the incoming call event initiates.