Patent ID: 7701442

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a set of user-interface features; a detection mechanism to detect orientation information about the electronic device, the detection mechanism including one or more sensors contained within a housing of the electronic device; and one or more components, including at least one processor, that is configured to (i) identify, from at least the orientation information, whether the electronic device is being operated in a first orientation or in a second orientation, and (ii) assign one or more functions to each of the set of user-interface features based on whether the electronic device is being operated in the first orientation or in the second orientation; wherein the processor is configured to assign the one or more functions to each of the set of user-interface features by assigning for at least a first user-interface feature in the set, (i) a first function for when the first user-interface feature is actuated while the electronic device is operated in the first orientation, and (ii) a second function for when the first user-interface feature is actuated while the electronic device is operated in the second orientation; and wherein each of the first function and second function excludes any function assigned to any other user-interface feature in the set of user-interface features in both of the first orientation and the second orientation.