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Granted Patent B2
US 9,332,113 · App. 14/496,885 · Granted May 3, 2016

Mobile electronic device with an adaptively responsive flexible display

Inventor: Harry Vartanian (Philadelphia, PA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04M1/72547G06F3/03G06F3/0412G06Q30/02G06Q30/0261H04M1/0268H04W4/02H04W4/028H04W4/12H04W4/18H04W4/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,332,113
App. No.
14/496,885
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile electronic device having a flexible display device is disclosed. A request to retrieve information from a server over a wireless network is triggered based on flexing the flexible display device and other gestures.

Claims (25)

1. A method for operating a portable electronic device having a display, comprising:

with a global positioning system in the portable electronic device, providing location information indicative of a location of the portable electronic device, wherein the location is associated with a first wireless communication signal strength;

with circuitry, determining an anticipated future location of the portable electronic device based on the location information;

with the circuitry, determining that the anticipated future location has an anticipated second wireless communication signal strength that is weaker than the first wireless communication signal strength;

in response to determining that the anticipated future location has the anticipated second wireless communication signal strength that is weaker than the first wireless communication signal strength, retrieving information from a server over a wireless network; and

with the display, displaying an image based on the information retrieved from the server.

2. The portable electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the image comprises an advertisement.

3. The portable electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the information retrieved from the server comprises information associated with an image scheduled to be displayed at the anticipated future location of the portable electronic device.

4. The portable electronic device defined in claim 3 , wherein displaying the image based on the information retrieved from the server comprises displaying the image before the portable electronic device reaches the anticipated future location.

5. The portable electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the display is an organic light emitting diode display.

6. The portable electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the display is responsive to multi-touch inputs.

7. The method defined in claim 1 , further comprising:

with the circuitry, adjusting a quality level of multimedia content based on the location information provided by the global positioning system.

8. The method defined in claim 7 , wherein the multimedia content comprises content selected from the group consisting of: audio and video.

9. A method for operating a portable electronic device having a display, comprising:

with a global positioning system in the portable electronic device, providing location information indicative of a location of the portable electronic device, wherein the location is associated with a first wireless communication signal strength;

with circuitry, determining an anticipated future location of the portable electronic device based on the location information;

with the circuitry, determining that the anticipated future location has an anticipated second wireless communication signal strength that is different from the first wireless communication signal strength; and

in response to determining that the anticipated future location has the anticipated second wireless communication signal strength that is different from the first wireless communication signal strength, displaying an image with the display.

10. The method defined in claim 9 , wherein the anticipated second wireless communication signal strength is weaker than the first wireless communication signal strength.

11. The method defined in claim 10 , wherein displaying the image comprises displaying the image in response to determining that the anticipated second wireless communication signal strength is weaker than the first wireless communication signal strength.

12. The portable electronic device defined in claim 9 , wherein the image comprises an advertisement.

13. The portable electronic device defined in claim 9 , wherein displaying the image comprises displaying the image before the portable electronic device reaches the anticipated future location.

14. The portable electronic device defined in claim 9 , wherein the display is a flexible display.

15. The portable electronic device defined in claim 9 , wherein the display is responsive to multi-touch inputs.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 14033691 · Sep 23, 2013
Continuation 13775135 · Feb 23, 2013
Continuation 13586809 · Aug 15, 2012
Continuation 13272618 · Oct 13, 2011
Continuation 13083770 · Apr 11, 2011
Continuation 12185406 · Aug 4, 2008
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