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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Matias Duarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Hornyak, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Kodama, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matias Duarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Hornyak, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Kodama, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for initiating a voice communication, such as a telephone call, or modifying an output device used to present audio data. After receiving a destination identifier, such as a telephone number, data from one or more sensors included in the mobile computing device is analyzed. Responsive to the sensor data describing movement in a first direction of a first axis, such as upward motion along a vertical axis, a voice communication is established using the destination identifier. While audio data from the voice communication, or from another source, is presented, data from the sensors is also analyzed. Responsive to the sensor data indicating one or more types of movement or interactions with a surrounding environment, the output device used to present the audio data is modified.