System for adaptively orienting a display image on a device

A method for adaptively orienting a display image on a device including a display screen, at least one connector positioned on a particular side of said device and a plurality of user selectable physical buttons positioned on opposing sides of the display screen for presenting data acquired via one or more cables carrying physiological data connected to said at least one connector, comprising:

• detecting the orientation of said device and providing a device orientation representative signal indicating whether said device is in a first orientation or a second orientation substantially different to said first orientation, wherein detecting a change in orientation of said device between said first orientation and said second orientation enables substantially direct routing of the one or more cables that carry the physiological data and are connected to the at least one connector;
• presenting display images on the display screen of said device;
• automatically generating a display image oriented to be upright in said first and second orientations of said device, in response to said orientation representative signal;
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• adaptively selecting functions assigned to each of the plurality of user selectable physical buttons positioned on both sides of said display screen of said device such that the buttons and associated labels are maintained in a same configuration where, in both said first and second orientations, a button in a same relative location with respect to the display image is associated with a same label and function in response to the orientation representative signal.