Method and Apparatus for Position-Context Based Actions

1 . A method comprising:

detecting a position context of the mobile device based on acceleration data; and

performing an action associated with the position context of the mobile device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceleration comprises a change in the position context of the mobile device, and the action is associated with the change of the position context from a first position to a second position.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceleration comprises a motion command, and the action is associated with the motion command.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the action associated with the motion command is independent of the position context.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone, and wherein the position context comprises one of: face down on a surface, face up on a surface, by an ear of a user, elsewhere.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:

when the position context is face down, the mobile phone is set to speaker phone and mute;

when the position context is face up, the mobile phone is set to speaker phone.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the position context of the mobile device indicates that the mobile device is face down on a surface, setting a power-saving mode to the mobile device, by turning off unused hardware and software elements of the mobile device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing non-visual feedback to the user regarding the motion command.

9 . A mobile device including an acceleration sensor, the mobile device comprising:

a position logic to track a position context of a mobile device;

a motion identification logic to identify a motion of the mobile device; and

an execution logic to perform an action associated with the identified motion and the position context.

10 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the acceleration comprises a change in the position context of the mobile device, and the action is associated with the change of the position context from a first position to a second position.

11 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a command logic to identify a command associated with the acceleration, wherein the action is associated with the motion command.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the action associated with the motion command is independent of the position context.

13 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone, and wherein the position context comprises one of: face down on a surface, face up on a surface, by an ear of a user, elsewhere.

14 . The method of claim 14 , wherein:

when the position context is face down, the mobile phone is set to speaker phone and mute;

when the position context is face up, the mobile phone is set to speaker phone.

15 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising:

when the position context of the mobile device indicates that the mobile device is face down on a surface, the execution module placing the device in a power saving mode, by turning off unused hardware and software elements.

16 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a feedback logic to provide non-visual feedback to the user regarding the motion command.

17 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a delay logic to enable a delayed execution of an action.

18 . A method comprising:

identifying a change in a position context;

determining whether there is an action associated with the change in the position context; and

executing the action, when there is an action associated with the change in the position context.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining a current active application;

determining an application-dependent action associated with the change in the position context; and

the executing the action comprising executing the application-dependent action.

20 . A method comprising:

identifying a motion command;

determining a current position context;

determining an action associated with the motion command; and

executing the action.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein determining an action comprises:

determining an action based on one or more of: the current position context, a current active application, and the motion command.

22 . A method comprising:

receiving acceleration data in a mobile device;

determining an action associated with the acceleration data;

providing feedback to the user, based on the determined action; and

executing the action.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the acceleration data comprises one or more of: a motion command, and a position context.