Patent ID: 8400404

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a processor-based control means; a user input means communicatively coupled with said control means and through which information is input, wherein said user input means comprises at least one of a telephone keypad, a navigational tool, an auxiliary user input device, a touchscreen, a keyboard and a user input key; an attitude sensing means communicatively coupled with said control means, said attitude sensing means adapted to detect the attitude of the device, wherein said attitude sensing means is adapted to communicate data indicative of the detected attitude of the device to said control means; said control means adapted to receive the communicated data, compare the detected attitude with a predetermined attitude, and disable the user input means from receiving information in the event that the predetermined attitude substantially matches the predetermined attitude criteria for a predetermined period of time; and a user informing means communicatively coupled with said control means, said user informing means adapted to output a notification signal when said user input means is disabled from receiving information, said notification signal indicating said user input means is disabled.