METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON AN ACCELEROMETER
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1. A machine readable storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising:
- displaying on a display of a portable device a sequence of images transitioning towards a direction from a first scene to a second scene from a viewpoint of a user;
detecting movement of the portable device using an accelerometer attached to the portable device; and
executing machine-executable code to perform one or more actions in response to the detection of the movement of the portable device, includingdetecting whether the movement of the portable device is in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user, andperforming a first operation if the movement is not detected in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, an accelerometer attached to a portable device detects a movement of the portable device. In response, a machine executable code is executed within the portable device to perform one or more predetermined user configurable operations. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
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29 Claims
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1. A machine readable storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising:
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displaying on a display of a portable device a sequence of images transitioning towards a direction from a first scene to a second scene from a viewpoint of a user; detecting movement of the portable device using an accelerometer attached to the portable device; and executing machine-executable code to perform one or more actions in response to the detection of the movement of the portable device, including detecting whether the movement of the portable device is in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user, and performing a first operation if the movement is not detected in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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displaying a first portion of a document page on a display of the portable device; detecting movement of the portable device using an accelerometer attached to the portable device; and displaying a second portion of the document page different than the first portion on the display of the portable device in response to the detection. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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displaying on a display of a portable device a sequence of images transitioning towards a direction from a first scene to a second scene from a viewpoint of a user; detecting a movement of the portable device using an accelerometer attached to the portable device; and performing a predetermined operation if the detected movement is not in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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detecting a movement of a portable device using an accelerometer attached to the portable device; determining an orientation of the portable device after the movement based on movement data provided by the accelerometer; and activating at least one interface of the portable device that is best suitable for given the determined orientation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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determining whether movement of a portable device is a repetitive movement using an accelerometer; determining a repetitive rate of the movement based on movement data provided by the accelerometer; and playing a multimedia content via the portable device based on the determined repetitive rate of the movement. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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