Patent ID: 8537847
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G04C,G04G,G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. Consumer electronics (CE) device comprising: wedge-shaped housing having a bottom surface and a back surface larger than the bottom surface; processor in the housing; display on the housing opposite to the back surface; the processor causing a time of day to be presented on the display; a network interface communicating with a wide area computer network and the processor to enable the processor to present information from the network including weather and traffic information on the display; an accelerometer in the housing and sending an orientation signal to the processor, the processor reorienting information on the display according to the orientation signal; wherein the housing can be moved by a person between a vertical orientation, in which the display is tilted back slightly from vertical, and a horizontal orientation, in which the display is oriented substantially horizontally.