Patent ID: 8791898

Claim:
A method for modifying an operation of a portable media device, the portable media device having a processor, a user input device, a sensor, and at least a first display and a second display mounted in a single piece housing such that only one of the displays is presented at a time, the method comprising: displaying visual content on the first display; detecting a rotation of the portable media device with the sensor; determining an axis of rotation of the portable media device by the processor from at least three recognized axes of rotation and a direction of rotation; receiving a user input through the user input device, separate from the sensor at the portable media device, wherein the user input includes a selection of a portion of the displayed visual content on the first display; and modifying the operation of the portable media device by the processor based upon the determined axis of rotation and the direction of rotation and the received user input, wherein modifying the operation of the portable media device comprises: updating content presented by the second display, wherein when the portable media device is an electronic book arranged to present visual content that includes text using electronic ink, then receiving the user input through the user input device comprises receiving a selected portion of the text, wherein when the visual content that includes the text being presented on the first display is a page from a book stored in the electronic book and the direction of rotation is a first direction of rotation, then the updating content presented by the second display comprises: updating the content presented by the second display as a dictionary page presenting at least one definition of a selected word in the selected portion of the text; and presenting the dictionary page after completion of the rotation of the electronic book.