Patent ID: 8331603

Claim:
A headset comprising: a first headset portion; a second, elongate headset portion coupled to the first headset portion, wherein the second, elongate headset portion is resiliently biased from a first, unstable position relative to the first headset portion towards a second, stable position relative to the first headset portion, and is configured to be displaced from the second, stable position to the first, unstable position and to return, as a consequence of resilient bias, to the second, stable position from the first, unstable position in response to application of an external tap force; a sensor configured to detect movement of the second, elongate headset portion relative to the first headset portion; and a controller configured to determine a command associated with the detected movement of the second, elongate headset portion from the second, stable position to the first, unstable position and to control a transmitter to transmit the determined command to a mobile communications device, different from the headset.