Patent ID: 6956564
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A portable computer comprising: movement detection means responsive to movement of the computer to produce an electrical output signal representative of such movement, a storage medium for storing data defining a multiplicity of displayable pages each comprising of a plurality of lines; a display having a corresponding plurality of lines to enable one of the multiplicity of pages to be displayed; and processing means responsive to the output of said movement detection means to determine detected movement data defining a user's intention; the processing means using said movement data to provide a mode response selected from a multiplicity of stored possible modes, at least some of which define selection for display of a further one of the pages from the multiplicity of pages, the further one of the pages being adjacent to a previously selected page being currently displayed; wherein detected movement data is used to effect scrolling of displayed information such that portions of data defining alphanumeric or graphic information outside a currently displayed screen is selectable by the user, the scrolling of displayed information effectively displaying a part of an adjacent screen.