Patent ID: 8037121
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A data processing device comprising: a display for rendering a graphical user interface, the display fixedly coupled to the data processing device; a motion sensor communicatively coupled to the data processing device, the motion sensor configured to detect a physical orientation of the data processing device in space and to generate control signals identifying the physical orientation; at least a memory and a processor configured to: receive control signals from the motion sensor identifying the physical orientation of the data processing device; enter into a first operational mode if the control signals indicated that the device is in a first physical orientation; and enter into a second operational mode if the control signals indicated that the data processing device is in a second physical orientation, the first physical orientation offset 90 degrees relative to the second physical orientation; and wherein the graphical user interface is rotated 90 degrees when switching between the first operational mode and the second operational mode.