Patent ID: 8665214

Claim:
A method, comprising: activating a first backlight element of a plurality of backlight elements of a portable electronic device while other backlight elements of the plurality of backlight elements are turned off when the portable electronic device has a first orientation, so that a first image portion of an image on a first portion of a display device of the portable electronic device is observable by a user of the portable electronic device and other image portions on other portions of the display device are not observable by the user, wherein each backlight element of the plurality of backlight elements is associated with a particular portion of the display device of the portable electronic device, and wherein the first backlight element is associated with the first portion of the display device; activating a second backlight element of the plurality of backlight elements while other backlight elements of the plurality of backlight elements are turned off in response to a motion sensor of the portable electronic device detecting movement of the portable electronic device from the first orientation to a second orientation, so that a second image portion of the image on a second portion of the display device of the portable electronic device is observable by the user of the portable electronic device and other image portions on other portions of the display device are not observable by the user, wherein the second backlight element is associated with the second portion of the display device, and wherein the first backlight element remains associated with the first image portion while the second backlight element is activated; wherein the first image portion is different from the second image portion; and wherein the first image portion and the second image portion are parts of the image presented on the display device.