SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROTATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A mobile device having first and second opposing sides comprising:
- a first speaker positioned at about the first side;
a second speaker positioned at about the second side;
a first microphone positioned at about the first side;
a second microphone positioned at about the second side;
an orientation component configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device; and
a processor configured to activate either said first speaker and said second microphone or said second speaker and said first microphone in response to the orientation of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the orientation of a mobile device for displaying a graphical user interface and for activating an audio user interface in response to an incoming call or outgoing call. For the graphical user interface, depending on the detected orientation of the mobile device, the graphical user interface can be displayed in a first vertical orientation, a second vertical orientation, a first horizontal orientation, and a second horizontal orientation. For the audio user interface, depending on the detected orientation of the mobile device, a speaker and a microphone can be activated based on the detected vertical orientation so that the activated speaker is near the top of the mobile device and the activated microphone is near the bottom of mobile device.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile device having first and second opposing sides comprising:
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a first speaker positioned at about the first side; a second speaker positioned at about the second side; a first microphone positioned at about the first side; a second microphone positioned at about the second side; an orientation component configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device; and a processor configured to activate either said first speaker and said second microphone or said second speaker and said first microphone in response to the orientation of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for a mobile device having first and second opposing sides, the computer program product comprising:
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at least one computer readable medium; and at least one program module, stored on the at least one medium, and operative, upon execution by at least one processor for; receiving an orientation signal from an orientation component, wherein the orientation signal indicates the orientation of the mobile device; and activating either a first speaker and a second microphone or a second speaker and first microphone in response to the orientation of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A processor-implemented method for a mobile device having first and second opposing sides, the method comprising
receiving, at a processor, an orientation signal from an orientation component, wherein the orientation signal indicates which first side or second side of the mobile device is higher; - and
activating, by the processor, either a first speaker positioned at about said first side and a second microphone positioned at about said second side or a second speaker positioned at about aid second side and a first microphone positioned at about said first side in response to the orientation of the mobile device.
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- 19. The processor-implemented method of claim 19 wherein the orientation component is an accelerometer.
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