Microsoft patent: Smack your phone up

The other night, I was awoken with a blinding flash of light.
I believed the nuclear holocaust had arrived. Or, at the very least, my slightly insane stalker.
Instead, my television had spontaneously switched itself on. I had to get out of bed and manually turn it off. I confess it crossed my mind to smack it.
Still somewhat dazed, I am grateful that Microsoft has finally heard my inner cry and patented a technology that allows you to smack a gadget to shut it up. In this case, it’s your cell phone.
The Next Web tells me that Redmond’s patent is as simple as it sounds.
You smack your…

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