Subscriber device with adaptable user interface and method thereof
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Wong, Michael Charlier
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Abstract
An adaptable user interface and method thereof for a subscriber device (FIG. 1, FIG. 2 et sequence) includes a plurality of keys (205, 207) arranged and constructed to be configured in one of a first configuration (FIG. 2) and a second configuration (FIG. 3); and a controller 105, coupled to the plurality of keys, operable to: detect when the plurality of keys are in the first configuration or second configuration and if so, control the subscriber device to perform a first function or second function corresponding to the detected configuration.
Claims29
A subscriber device having an adaptable user interface, the subscriber device comprising:
- a plurality of keys arranged and constructed to be configured in one of a first configuration and a second configuration, the first configuration distinguished from the second configuration by a first portion of the plurality of keys being rotateable in a first plane tat is parallel to a second plane in which an other portion of the plurality of keys is disposed, the first portion of the plurality of keys rotateable about an axis that is perpendicular to the second plane and passes through the other portion of the plurality of keys;
- and
- a controller, coupled to the plurality of keys, operable to:
- detect whether the plurality of keys are in the first configuration and if so, control the subscriber device to perform a first function corresponding to the first configuration;
- and
- detect whether the plurality of keys are in the second configuration and if so, control the subscriber device to perform a second function corresponding to the second configuration.
A user interface for a cellular handset, the user interface facilitating telephone functionality and gaming functionality of the cellular handset, the user interface comprising:
- a display operable to present a graphical interface corresponding to one of the telephone functionality and the gaming functionality;
- a plurality of keys arranged and constructed to be reconfigured between one of a telephone configuration and a gaming configuration the gaming configuration distinguished from the telephone configuration by one or more of the plurality of keys being rotateable about an axis that passes perpendicularly through an area of a plane, the area having a boundary defined by a portion of the plurality of keys the portion excluding the one or more of the plurality of keys;
- a controller, coupled to the plurality of keys and the display, operable to:
- determine whether the plurality of keys is arranged in the telephone configuration and if so, drive the display to correspond to the telephone functionality;
- and
- determine whether the plurality of keys is arranged in the gaming configuration and if so drive the display to correspond to the gaming functionality.
A method of adapting a user interface to facilitate diverse functionality, the method comprising:
- providing a display operable to present a graphical interface corresponding to one of a first function and a second function;
- providing a plurality of keys configurable in one of a first configuration and a second configuration, the first configuration distinguished from the second configuration by a first portion of the plurality of keys being rotated in a first plane around and outside of an area with a perimeter defined to include only an other portion of the plurality of keys, the first plane lying parallel to a second plane defined by the other portion of the plurality of keys;
- determining whether the plurality of keys is arranged in the first configuration or the second configuration to provide a configuration result;
- and
- presenting, dependent on the configuration result, the graphical interface corresponding, respectively, to the first function or the second function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.