Patent ID: 8358977

Claim:
A mobile computing device with telephonic functionality comprising: an accelerometer for capturing data describing movement of the mobile computing device along one or more axes of motion; a proximity sensor for determining a distance between the mobile computing device and a surface in an environment external to the mobile computing device and generating a control signal responsive to the distance equaling a threshold value; a processor coupled to the accelerometer and to the proximity sensor; a memory including instructions configured to be executed by the processor, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to: execute an application for exchanging audio data with a remote device; receive a destination identifier identifying the remote device; and responsive to receiving data from the accelerometer describing movement of the mobile computing device in a first direction along a first axis of motion and receiving the control signal from the proximity sensor, initiate a telephone call using a telephone application and a communication channel with the remote device associated with the received the destination identifier; and a transceiver coupled to the processor for transmitting audio data to the remote device via the communication channel and receiving audio data from the remote device via the communication channel.