Patent ID: 8417268

Claim:
A method comprising: a mobile station detecting a triggering event, wherein detecting the triggering event comprises; (i) detecting that the mobile station is being supported by a given single hand of a user and not by two hands of the user and (ii) detecting that the mobile station is being operated by the same given single hand of the user and not by two hands of the user, wherein the mobile station is equipped with more than one touch sensor, and wherein detecting that the mobile station is being supported and operated by the given single hand of the user and not by two hands of the user comprises determining that exactly one of the more than one touch sensors on the mobile station is being touched; and in response to detecting the triggering event, the mobile station (i) disabling one or more text-entry capabilities and (ii) causing an alert to be sent to at least one of an originating device and an originating address of a communication received by the mobile station while the one or more text-entry capabilities are disabled, wherein the alert indicates that the mobile station has disabled the one or more text-entry capabilities.