ORIENTATION BASED CONTROL OF MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- an orientation circuit configured to provide orientation data indicative of an orientation of the mobile device;
a location circuit configured to provide location data indicative of a location of the mobile device;
a processing circuit configured to receive orientation information based on the orientation data and location information based on the location data, and configured to control at least one action taken by the application in response to a user input based on the orientation information and the location information.
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Abstract
A mobile device (e.g. a smartphone) controls a feature of a non-navigation related application (e.g. arrangement of menu items, function controlled by a quick launch key, etc.) based on the orientation of the device. These controls may be context-specific such that the orientation is only used to control the feature in particular contexts. Context may be implied from various factors such as time and date information, the location of the device, other devices in proximity to the device, etc. The particular commands to be controlled based on the orientation can be set using the device, or can be loaded from a data file provided from a third party.
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26 Claims
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1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
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an orientation circuit configured to provide orientation data indicative of an orientation of the mobile device; a location circuit configured to provide location data indicative of a location of the mobile device; a processing circuit configured to receive orientation information based on the orientation data and location information based on the location data, and configured to control at least one action taken by the application in response to a user input based on the orientation information and the location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A mobile electronic device comprising a processing circuit configured to receive information indicative of an orientation of the mobile device and control a feature of an application based on the information indicative of the orientation, the feature not being related to navigation.
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