Dual Module Portable Devices

Abstract

A dual module portable device may be provided. A motion of a first module of the dual module portable device may be detected. Based at least in part on the detected motion, a position of the first module may be determined relative to the second module of the portable device. Once the relative position of the first module has been determined, a portion of a user interface associated with the relative position may be displayed at the first module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing dual module device operation, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a first separated module of a dual module device, first position data corresponding to a position of the first separated module;   receiving, from a second separated module of the dual module device, second position data corresponding to a position of the second separated module;   determining a distance between the first separated module and the second separated module based at least in part on the first position data and the second position data;   displaying a first portion of a user interface on the first separated module based at least in part on the distance; and   displaying a second portion of the user interface on the first separated module based at least in part on the distance.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the first position data comprises receiving the first position data comprising a first accelerometer reading. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the first position data comprises receiving the first position data comprising a first accelerometer reading from a first accelerometer located on the first separated module. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the second position data comprises receiving the second position data comprising a second accelerometer reading. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein receiving the second position data comprises receiving the second position data comprising a second accelerometer reading from a second accelerometer located on the second separated module. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the first portion of the user interface and the second portion of the user interface comprises displaying an interactive map associated with a location of the dual module device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting a motion of the first separated module of the dual module device relative to the second separated module of the dual module device; and   manipulating, in response to detecting the motion, the first portion of the user interface.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein manipulating, in response to detecting the motion, the first portion of the user interface comprises at least one of the following: zooming into the first portion of the user interface; zooming out of the first portion of the user interface; and rotating the first portion of the user interface. 
     
     
         9 . A mobile communications device comprising:
 a first separated module having a first display, the first separated module being operative to:   receive first position data from a second separated module,   determine a proximity to the second separated module based at least in part on the first position data,   determine a first portion of a user interface based at least in part on the first proximity, and
 display the first portion of the user interface to the first display; 
   the second separated module having a second display, the second separated module being operative to:   receive second position data from the first separated module,   determine the proximity to the first separated module based at least in part on the second position data,   determine a second portion of the user interface based at least in part on the second proximity, and
 display the second portion of the user interface to the second display. 
   
     
     
         10 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the first separated module being operative to receive the first position data comprises the first separated module being operative to receive the first position data comprising a first accelerometer reading from a second accelerometer located on the second separated module. 
     
     
         11 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the second separated module being operative to receive the second position data comprises the second separated module being operative to receive the second position data comprising a second accelerometer reading from a first accelerometer located on the first separated module. 
     
     
         12 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the first separated module is configured to combine with the second separated module to form a combined module. 
     
     
         13 . The mobile communications device of  claim 12 , wherein the combined module forms a continuous display comprised of the first display and the second display, the continuous display being operative to allow a drag-and-drop objects from the first display to the second display. 
     
     
         14 . The mobile communications device of  claim 12 , wherein the first separated module and the second separated module are designed to be physically combined with each other in order to form the combined module via magnetic attraction. 
     
     
         15 . The mobile communications device of  claim 12 , wherein the combined module comprises the first display on a front side of the combined module and the second display on a backside of the combined module. 
     
     
         16 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the first separated module is further operative to:
 determine a first operation based on the first position data, and   execute the first operation on at least one of: the first separated module and the second separated module, and   wherein the second separated module is further operative to:   determine a second operation based on the second position data, and   execute the second operation on at least one of: the first separated module and the second separated module.   
     
     
         17 . The mobile communications device of  claim 16 , wherein the first operation and the second operation are further operative to manipulate a representation of at least one of: the first portion of the user interface and the second portion of the user interface. 
     
     
         18 . The mobile communications device of  claim 17 , wherein the first operation and the second operation are further operative to manipulate a representation of at least one of: the first portion of the user interface and the second portion of the user interface by at least one of the following:
 zooming into at least one of: the first portion the user interface and the second portion of the user interface,   zooming out of at least one of: the first portion the user interface and the second portion of the user interface, and   rotating at least one of: the first portion the user interface and the second portion of the user interface.   
     
     
         19 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the first separated module is further operative to display at least one data object. 
     
     
         20 . The mobile communications device of  claim 9 , wherein the second separated module is operative to display contextual information associated with the at least one data object.