IP Library Granted Patent US 8,224,310
Granted Patent B2
US 8,224,310 · App. 11/682,950 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Method and system for managing an electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,224,310
App. No.
11/682,950
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for managing an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting ( 404 ) a change in orientation of a first electronic device, which is performed by the first electronic device. The method also includes communicating ( 406 ) the change in the orientation from the first electronic device to a second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, via a wireless link. Further, the method includes modifying ( 408 ) a first set of services available at the second electronic device, based on the change of orientation of the first electronic device.

Claims (22)

1. A method of managing a plurality of electronic devices, the method comprising:

detecting a change in orientation of a laptop, performed by the laptop; communicating the change in orientation from the laptop to a mobile phone associated with the laptop via a wireless link; and

modifying a first set of services available at the mobile phone based on the change of orientation of the laptop; wherein modification of the first set of services includes enabling some services and disabling other services and wherein the set of services includes a set of operational modes and a set of application features for the mobile phone.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

generating a signal based on the change in the orientation; and

transmitting the signal to the mobile phone.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein modifying the first set of services comprises:

receiving a signal from the laptop, wherein the signal is based on the change in the orientation of the laptop; and

manipulating the first set of services available with the mobile phone based on the signal.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising:

generating an alert signal based on the manipulated first set of services.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the alert signal is at least one of an audio signal, a video signal, an audio-video signal and a tactile signal.

6. A laptop comprising:

a first part, wherein the first part comprises:

a sensor configured to detect a change in orientation of the first part, performed by the first part; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to communicate the change in orientation in the first part to a second part of the laptop, wherein a first set of services is available with the first part; and

the second part communicably coupled to the first part, wherein the second part comprises:

a receiver configured to receive the signal from the first part; and

a processor configured to modify a second set of services available with the second part based on the signal; wherein modification of the second set of services includes enabling some services and disabling other services.

7. The electronic device as recited in claim 6 , wherein the sensor is at least one of an electronic sensor, a mechanical sensor, an electro-mechanical sensor and an electro-magnetic sensor.

8. The electronic device as recited in claim 6 , wherein the processor modifies the second set of services available with a second part of the laptop based on the signal received from a first part of the laptop.

9. The electronic device claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second part of the laptop further comprises a mobile phone communicatively coupled to the laptop such that the processor modifies the second set of services available at the mobile phone based on the change of orientation of the laptop.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2014
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
To: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 034318/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Reel/Frame 029216/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2010
From: MOTOROLA, INC
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC
Reel/Frame 025673/0558 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2007
From: PERDOMO, JORGE L.; HAND, MICHAEL R.
To: MOTOROLA, INC.
Reel/Frame 018973/0330 →