Microsoft patents patting the phone to shut up

Microsoft has filed a patent application for the original technical invention - tapping the phone. Here, not only the idea itself is interesting, but also the fact that the word “wacking” (wacking) is used in the patent description as a real technical term.

Technically, the clapping is formulated as “receiving information indicating acceleration (acceleration) of a mobile communication device; determining the relationship between the information indicating the acceleration of the mobile communication device and the corresponding action for clapping (whack event data); and based on at least this connection, control of the sound signal level on the mobile communication device. "

“There are many situations in which quick device control is required without accessing the traditional user interface,” said the patent application. “For example, mobile phone owners often forget to set them to vibration mode or silent mode, and the phone rings or makes other sounds at the wrong time.”
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The action “slam to silence” can be considered well-known, but with respect to mobile phones it is an innovation.