Patent Document ID: 9413869
Application ID: 12703592
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A mobile computing device, comprising: a housing; a user input device to detect a user touching the mobile device or an accessory of the device and to covert the touches into first digital instructions; a voice sensor to detect sound; a speech conversion module to convert the sound into second digital instructions; and a processing module to: provide the first digital instructions to any of a plurality of different programs or applications when in a first mode, provide the second digital instructions to any of the plurality of different programs or applications when in a second mode, provide a common instruction to at least one of the plurality of different programs or applications when a same user instruction is provided via the user input device or voice sensor, the common instruction provided to at least one of the plurality of different programs or applications in a same data format regardless of whether the same user instruction is provided via user input device or voice sensor; and switch modes of operation without receiving specific instructions from the user to switch the mode at a time of switching when at least one predetermined requirement is met, wherein at least one predetermined requirement comprises user defined calendar event set and activated on the mobile computing device.