Patent ID: 8433244

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a memory on which is stored sets of pre-programmed machine readable instructions regarding interactions with a plurality of electronic apparatuses that are external to the mobile device, wherein each set of pre-programmed machine readable instructions is associated with one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses, wherein a determination as to which of the plurality of pre-programmed machine readable instructions is to be executed is dependent upon an orientation of the mobile device; an orientation circuit to provide orientation data indicative of the orientation of the mobile device; a processing circuit to receive orientation information based on the orientation data, to determine with which of the plurality of electronic apparatuses to interact based upon the orientation information, and to execute the pre-programmed machine readable instructions associated with the determined electronic apparatus, and wherein the processing circuit is to perform a first action in response to a user input at a first location when the device is in a first orientation and to perform a second action, different than the first action, in response to the user input at the first location when the device is in a second orientation, different than the first orientation.