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Device for detecting a carrying case

  • US 9,389,638 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2013
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • an orientation sensor;

    a near field communication (NFC) reader that is initially off; and

    ,a processor configured to;

    in response to determining, using the orientation sensor, that an orientation of the device is within a given angular range;

    turn the NFC reader on; and

    ,when the NFC reader detects an NFC tag;

    place the device into a carrying-case mode, the carrying-case mode comprising one or more of a sleep mode, a quiet mode and a peek mode; and

    ,turn the NFC reader off; and

    ,after the determining that the orientation of the device is within the given angular range and turning the NFC reader off, determine, using the orientation sensor, that the orientation of the device is no longer within the given angular range; and

    , in response;

    turn the NFC reader back on; and

    ,when the NFC reader no longer detects the NFC tag;

    place the device into an out-of-carrying-case mode, the out-of-carrying-case mode comprising one or more of a normal mode, a wake mode; and

    ,turn the NFC reader back off.

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