Integrated handheld computing and telephony system and services
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an integrated handheld computer and telephony system. Integration of the handheld computer and telephony system is at the physical and operational level. For example, the integrated handheld computer and telephony system physically integrates a handheld computer with a mobile (e.g., cellular) telephone. In addition, the handheld computer is distinct from telephony system in that they are logically separable. However, they are also operationally integrated, for example, the telephony system executes a telephone application on the processor of the handheld computer. Likewise, the handheld computer can execute applications, for example, a phone book, that can be used to launch the telephony application.
1. A method of operating a mobile computing device with wireless telephone functionality, the method being performed by a processor and comprising:
detecting a position of a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;
responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call; and
responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period of time is half a second.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, displaying first graphical elements on a screen; and
responsive the detecting movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, displaying second graphical elements on the screen.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.
5. A mobile computing device with wireless telephone functionality, comprising:
a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position; and
a controller configured to:
detect a position of the movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;
responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call; and
responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.
6. The mobile computing device of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined period of half a second.
7. The mobile computing device of claim 5 , further comprising a screen, the screen displaying first graphical elements on a screen responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, and displaying second graphical elements on the screen responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call.
8. The mobile computing device of claim 5 , wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.
9. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor in a mobile computing device with wireless telephonic functionality causes the processor to:
detect a position of a movable component of the computing device, the movable component operable to move between at least a first position and a second position;
responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting an incoming call, waiting for an expiration of a predetermine period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting first user input through a first input module to answer the incoming call;
responsive to the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call, waiting for the expiration of the predetermined period of time after detecting the incoming call before accepting second user input through a second input module to answer the incoming call.
10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined period of half a second.
11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising causing the processor to:
responsive to detecting the movable component in the first position while detecting the incoming call, display first graphical elements on a screen; and
responsive to detecting the movable component in the second position while detecting the incoming call display second graphical elements on the screen.
12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the movable component comprises a flip lid hinged to a body of the mobile computing device.