Patent ID: 8508475

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving sensor input from one or more sensors integrated with a portable device; determining a device hold position based at least in part on the sensor input, the device hold position corresponding to where the portable device is grasped; and initiating a display of one or more user interface elements in a user interface on an integrated display of the portable device based on the device hold position that corresponds to where the portable device is grasped, the user interface including multiple display regions in which to display the one or more user interface elements to avoid the one or more user interface elements being obscured in one or more of a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation of the user interface based on the device hold position, the one or more user interface elements being displayed in one of the multiple display regions that is not adjacent to the device hold position to enable a user to interact with the one or more user interface elements via a hand that is not grasping the portable device at the device hold position.