Patent ID: 7453448

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a sensor having a degree of freedom operable in opposite directions to generate a sensor signal; a graphical user interface object to be actuated along a first actuated axis in opposite directions corresponding to a first dimension and along a second actuated axis in opposite directions corresponding to a second dimension; a processor for receiving the sensor signal and for actuating the graphical user interface object along a selected actuated axis in opposite directions and for adapting the sensor signal to actuate the graphical user interface object in opposite directions along both of the first and second actuated axes; and a key coupled to the processor to signal a change of actuated axis; wherein the graphical user interface object is actuated along the selected actuated axis in relation to the sensor signal when the sensor is operated in one direction, and wherein the selected actuated axis changes to the other actuated axis when the sensor is operated in the opposite direction or in response to the signal from the key.