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Multi-mode mobile communication device with motion sensor and methods for use therewith

  • US 8,676,257 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2012
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:

  • a processing device that generates at least one control signal;

    a user interface that generates gaming data in a gaming mode of operation of the mobile communication device in conjunction with the execution of gaming application via at least one processor;

    a motion sensor for generating motion signals in response to motion of the mobile communication device;

    a motion data generation module, coupled to the motion sensor, that generates motion data based on the motion signals; and

    at least one transceiver, coupled to the motion data generation module, the processing device and the user interface, that selectively operates based on the at least one control signal to contemporaneously operate in;

    the gaming mode of operation, and a telephony mode of operation that is different from the gaming mode of operation, that sends the motion data and the gaming data in accordance with a first protocol to a game device in the gaming mode of operation and that transceives wireless telephony data with a wireless telephony network via a second protocol in the telephony mode of operation.

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