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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Motorola Mobility Llc, Libertyville, IL (US);
Andrew M Slonneger, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Sajid I Dalvi, Aurora, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device, system associated therewith, and method of operating an electronic device are disclosed. In one example embodiment, the method includes storinga first base tilt position of the electronic device based upon at least one position signal received by a processing device at least indirectly from a position or movement sensing component. The method additionally includes defininga plurality of tilt zones in relation to the base tilt position, including a base tilt zone containing the base tilt position, determiningwhether a tilt position of the device has changed to a second tilt zone of the plurality of tilt zones, and causinga display component of the device to perform displaying of information in a scrolling manner determined at least in part based upon the second tilt zone.