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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghavendra Shyam Ananda, Hyderabad, IN;
Surendra Kompala, Hyderabad, IN;
Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada, Hyderabad, IN;
Anand Krishna Puranik, Hyderabad, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is related to locking an orientation of a display screen of a mobile display device. In an aspect, the mobile display device stores a first local orientation lock associated with a first application, wherein the first local orientation lock specifies a first orientation of the display screen to which the orientation of the display screen is to be set when the first application is displayed on the display screen, receives an instruction to display the first application, determines whether a global orientation lock for the display screen is set, wherein the global orientation lock specifies a global orientation of the display screen to which the orientation of the display screen is to be set, and sets, based on the global orientation lock being set, the orientation of the display screen to the global orientation and displaying the first application on the display screen in accordance with the global orientation.