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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Babak Forutanpour, San Diego, CA (US);
Leonid Sheynblat, Hillsborough, CA (US);
David L. Bednar, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/605 (2013.01); H04M 1/6008 (2013.01); H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/72586 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various arrangements for handling a call by a mobile device and/or selecting a function for execution by the mobile device are presented. A phone call may be commenced by a mobile device. During the phone call, the mobile device may collect proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user. The microphone of the mobile device may be muted in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user.