Patent ID: 8250471

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a touch panel for displaying a user interface and transmitting an operational signal to a processor of the electronic device upon receiving a user input from the user interface; an orientation module to detect an orientation of the electronic device; a user interface (UI) control module to control an arrangement of the user interface, the user interface comprising a vertical arrangement and a horizontal arrangement, wherein the arrangement is determined by the orientation detected by the orientation module; wherein the user interface further comprises a shortcut key area and a status area, the shortcut key area comprising a plurality of shortcut keys for activating applications of the electronic device, and customized adjustments of the shortcut key area is performed in accordance with the operational signal from the touch panel, and the status area is configured for displaying status information of the electronic device; wherein the UI control module further designates a specific shortcut key as a most frequently used key if the specific shortcut key is dragged to the status area, dimensions of the most frequently used key are larger than dimensions of other shortcut keys, and adjusts a position of a specific shortcut key arranged in the shortcut key area of the user interface if the operational signal indicates that the specific shortcut key is dragged to another position in the shortcut key area; and wherein the UI control module further sets a selected application installed in the electronic device as one shortcut key if the operational signal indicates that a “Add-Key” is touched and one of the applications installed in the electronic device is selected.