US 11,936,801 B2
Mobile telephone device and method for inhibiting undesired calls
Robert James, Hatfield (GB)
Assigned to Patmos, Unipessoal LDA, Funchal (PT)
Appl. No. 17/602,882
Filed by Patmos Unipessoal LDA, Madeira (PT)
PCT Filed Apr. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/053013
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/208405, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166869 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/67 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/725 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/67 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/725 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for inhibiting calls from a mobile telephone device,
the method comprising:
an acquisition phase for acquiring at least one operating signal generated after the end of a call, relating to the mobile telephone device and/or to a user interaction therewith, wherein said acquisition phase starts after said end of a call and precedes a stand-by phase;
a temporary inhibition phase, wherein, based on said at least one acquired signal, any further calls through the mobile telephone device are prevented for a preset time interval,
wherein said temporary inhibition phase precedes said stand-by phase,
wherein said operating signal comprises an accelerometric and/or gyroscopic type and comprises a first portion and a second portion chronologically consecutive to each other, wherein during the acquisition phase said first portion comprises an interaction signal representative of a user's action following the end of a phone call interaction signal, and said second portion comprises an orientation signal representing a spatial orientation of said mobile telephone device.