Mobile device for displaying information content
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Abstract
A mobile device for displaying information content, including: at least one input key associated with a display; a display for displaying information content with a first orientation and control content, adjacent an input key, indicating its function; and a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to vary the first orientation of the information content to a second orientation and maintain control content adjacent the input key. A mobile device for displaying information content, including: a user interface including at least one input key and a display, having a variable display area, for displaying within the variable display area information content; a user input device; and a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to vary the display area of the display in response to input from the user input device.
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80 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A mobile device for displaying information content, comprising:
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at least one input key associated with a display;
a display for displaying information content with a first orientation and control content, adjacent an input key, indicating its function; and
a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to vary the first orientation of the information content to a second orientation and maintain control content adjacent the input key, wherein the location of the input key does not vary when the orientation of the information content is varied. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 75)
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50. A method of controlling the display of a mobile device comprising the steps of:
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displaying information content with a first orientation and control content adjacent an input key, indicating the key'"'"'s function; and
changing the first orientation to a second orientation while maintaining the control content adjacent the input key, wherein the location of the input key does not vary when the orientation of the information content is changed.
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53. A mobile device for displaying information content, comprising:
- a display, having a variable display area, for displaying within the variable display area information content;
a user input device; and
a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to incrementally change the size of the display area while displaying the information content, in response to successive inputs from the user input device. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 76)
- a display, having a variable display area, for displaying within the variable display area information content;
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61. A method of controlling the display of a mobile device comprising the steps of:
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displaying information content within a first display area; and
incrementally changing the size of the first display area while displaying the information content, in response to successive inputs from a user.
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62. A mobile device for displaying information content, comprising:
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a display for displaying information content in a display area of a user-determined size and orientation;
a user input device; and
a processor, for controlling the display, operable to vary the user-determined orientation and to incrementally change the size of the display area while displaying the information content, in response to successive inputs from the user input device. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method of controlling the display of a mobile device comprising the steps of:
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displaying information content within a first display area with a first orientation;
incrementally changing the size of the first display area while displaying the information content, in response to successive inputs from a user; and
changing the orientation of the information content to a second orientation. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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77. A mobile device for displaying information content, comprising:
- a display for displaying information content, including alphanumeric characters, over a plurality of lines;
a user input device; and
a processor, for controlling the display, arranged to change the number of alphanumeric characters in a line of the displayed information content, while displaying the whole of the information content, in response to input from the user input device.
- a display for displaying information content, including alphanumeric characters, over a plurality of lines;
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78. A method of controlling a display of a mobile device comprising the steps of:
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displaying information content, including alphanumeric characters, over a plurality of lines; and
changing, in response to input from a user, the number of alphanumeric characters in a line of the displayed information content, while displaying the whole of the information content.
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79. A mobile device for displaying information content, comprising:
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a display for displaying information content, including alphanumeric characters, over a plurality of lines of a user-determined size and orientation;
a user input device; and
a processor, for controlling the display, operable to vary the user-determined orientation of each line and to change the number of alphanumeric characters that are displayed in each line, in response to input from the user input device.
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80. A method of controlling the display of a mobile device comprising the steps of:
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displaying the information content, including alphanumeric characters, over a plurality of lines;
changing the number of alphanumeric characters that are displayed in each of the lines, in response to input from a user; and
changing the orientation of the information content to a second orientation.
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Specification