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Use of proximity sensors for interacting with mobile devices

  • US 8,838,085 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2012
  • Issued: 09/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • commencing, by a mobile device, a voice phone call;

    during the phone call, collecting, by the mobile device, proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user;

    during the phone call, collecting, by the mobile device, acceleration data that indicates the mobile device is being held such that a face of the mobile device faces downward; and

    muting, by the mobile device, a microphone of the mobile device in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user and in response to the acceleration data that indicates the face of mobile device faces downward.

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