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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

May. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Motorola Mobility Llc, Libertyville, IL (US);

Inventors:

Dean E Thorson, Grayslake, IL (US);

Naveen Aerrabotu, Gurnee, IL (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0281 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04M 1/72519 (2013.01);
Abstract

A handheld portable device () receives information signals modulated over one or more radio frequency (RF) spectrums includes housing (), a user interface () and a plurality of antennae (A-A) that are configured to respond to modulated RF information signals. Receivers (RX-RX) receive the modulated RF information signals from the plurality of antennae. A controller () determines a user grip from one or more properties of the response to modulated RF signals by respective ones of the plurality of antennae and controls the user interface based on a determined user grip.


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