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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Malmö, SE;
Nazih Almalki, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Malmö, SE;
Nazih Almalki, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01); G09G 2380/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for determining a display orientation of a mobile device. The mobile device is configured to change the display orientation when an orientation of the mobile device satisfies one or more criteria. The method includes determining the orientation of the mobile device and providing an indicator of a proximity of the orientation of the mobile device to satisfying the one or more criteria.