TEMPORARY USER SUSPENSION OF AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN

摘要

There is provided a method for suspending an automatic shutdown of a hand-held device. The automatic shutdown results after a pre-specified time period of inactivity of the hand-held device [420]. The method includes step of receiving a user input to suspend the automatic shutdown [430]. The automatic shutdown is disabled in response to the user input, such that the hand-held device is shutdown only if a user of the hand-held device manually shuts down the hand-held device [430]. The automatic shutdown is automatically re-enabled to occur after the pre-specified time period of inactivity, upon a subsequent power-up of the hand-held device[450].