Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Christopher W Drackett

Steven J Nowlan

Jon Godston

Kenneth W Douros

William F Zancho

Theodore R Arneson

Deborah A Matteo

Maria B Thompson

A device () that is presently rendering human communications content () via a corresponding human communication interface () will also passively wirelessly transmit information () regarding an existing native capability regarding also wirelessly transmitting the human communication content. Upon receiving (in response to that passive transmission) information () regarding an existing other device's () capability of also rendering that human communication content, this device can then switch () present rendering of the human communication content from the first device to the second device.

Method and apparatus for facilitating the rendering of human communication content

A configuration of an electronic device () is managed by obtaining () stakeholder attributes of a component resident in the electronic device from stakeholder requirements (FIGS.) of one or more stakeholders and correlating () the respective stakeholder attributes as well as available sets of values of attributes of the component to determine () a set of selected values of the attributes, and establishing () at least a portion of a new configuration of the electronic device using the set of selected values of the attributes of the component. When the stakeholder requirements cannot be met with an existing application in the electronic device, the application may be formed () from components of existing applications.

Configuration management of an electronic device wherein a new configuration of the electronic device is selected based on attributes of an application

A first user interface is presented () within a portable electronic device. The selection of a first function by the user via the first user interface is then detected (). In response to detecting () the user's selection of the first function, the first user interface is then replaced () with at least a partially disabled second user interface that is different from the first user interface. A user selection of at least one user-selectable function in the second user interface is then detected (). After the function is detected, the first user interface provides () the user with information regarding at least one corresponding user-selectable function that comprises a substantially similar function as the selected user-selectable function from the second user interface.

Method and apparatus for mapping corresponding functions in a user

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Christopher W Drackett