Patent ID: 8583176

Claim:
A mobile communication device adapted to be selectively received in a docking station, the mobile communication device having a speakerphone operation mode and a non-speakerphone operation mode including a headset operation mode when a headset is coupled to the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device comprising: a detector configured to detect a change in a docking state of the mobile communication device into and out of the docking station; and a controller configured to conditionally toggle the mobile communication device between the speakerphone operation mode and the non-speakerphone operation mode depending on the docking state of the mobile communication device and whether the mobile communication device is set to bypass a speakerphone operation mode whilst the headset is coupled to the mobile communication device; wherein, when the mobile communication device is operating in the headset operation mode, the detector detects a change to a docked state, and the mobile communication device is set to bypass the speakerphone operation mode, then the mobile communication device continues to operate in the headset operation mode rather than toggling to the speakerphone operation mode.