Desktop application manager: card dragging of dual screen cards—smartpad
First Claim
1. A method, in a smartpad that includes a multi-screen user device, comprising:
- providing the smartpad device with a first and second display, the first and second display presenting a user interface in a portrait mode based on a first physical orientation of the smartpad device and in a landscape mode based on a second physical orientation of the smartpad device;
providing an application tray on a user interface associated with the smartpad, wherein the application tray is provided in one of the first display or the second display in the landscape mode and in both the first display and the second display in the portrait mode, wherein the application tray includes two or more cards, wherein each card provides a visual representation of an application in a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical representation of each application or desktop executing on the multi-screen device and either active and displayed on the smartpad or inactive and not displayed on the smartpad, wherein the application tray does not include a representation of an application that is not currently executing, wherein the window stack includes an order for the windows based on when the window was displayed in relation to the other windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack;
detecting, in the application tray by a processor, a tap on a card or a selection of and a dragging motion for the card, wherein the card is associated with an inactive application that is executing on the smartpad but is suspended;
detecting a release or a dropping motion in a drop zone;
activating the application corresponding to the tapped or selected card;
displaying a window associated with the activated application in the drop zone, wherein the drop zone is either the first or second display; and
after activating the application, displaying the application in the drop zone.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selecting a card from an application stack, wherein the card represents a corresponding application that a user would like to make active or bring focus to. The selecting includes one or more of a dragging and a tapping action, with these actions being triggers for transitioning the device to an optional drag state or tapped state, respectively. Transitioning through this state executes the activating of a corresponding application or other action on the device to facilitate window/application/desktop management. The selecting further allows a user to specify which a touch screen (or portion hereof) on which a particular application should be launched.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, in a smartpad that includes a multi-screen user device, comprising:
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providing the smartpad device with a first and second display, the first and second display presenting a user interface in a portrait mode based on a first physical orientation of the smartpad device and in a landscape mode based on a second physical orientation of the smartpad device; providing an application tray on a user interface associated with the smartpad, wherein the application tray is provided in one of the first display or the second display in the landscape mode and in both the first display and the second display in the portrait mode, wherein the application tray includes two or more cards, wherein each card provides a visual representation of an application in a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical representation of each application or desktop executing on the multi-screen device and either active and displayed on the smartpad or inactive and not displayed on the smartpad, wherein the application tray does not include a representation of an application that is not currently executing, wherein the window stack includes an order for the windows based on when the window was displayed in relation to the other windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack; detecting, in the application tray by a processor, a tap on a card or a selection of and a dragging motion for the card, wherein the card is associated with an inactive application that is executing on the smartpad but is suspended; detecting a release or a dropping motion in a drop zone; activating the application corresponding to the tapped or selected card; displaying a window associated with the activated application in the drop zone, wherein the drop zone is either the first or second display; and after activating the application, displaying the application in the drop zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system including a smartpad and multi-screen user device comprising:
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a first display; a second display coupled with the first display; a processor coupled with the first display and the second display; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; provide an application tray on a user interface displayed on the first display and the second display, wherein the user interface is displayed in a portrait mode based on a first physical orientation of the device and in a landscape mode based on a second physical orientation of the device, wherein the application tray is provided in one of the first display or the second display in the landscape mode and in both the first display and the second display in the portrait mode, wherein the application tray includes two or more cards, wherein each card provides a visual representation of an application in a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical representation of each application or desktop executing on the multi-screen device and either active and displayed on the smartpad or inactive and not displayed on the smartpad, wherein the application tray does not include a representation of an application that is not currently executing, wherein the window stack includes an order for the windows based on when the window was displayed in relation to the other windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack; detect, in the application tray by the processor, a tap on a card or a selection of and a dragging motion for the card wherein the card is associated with an inactive application that is executing on the smartpad but is suspended; detect a release or a dropping motion in a drop zone; activate an application corresponding to the tapped or selected card; and displaying a window associated with the activated application in the drop zone, wherein the drop zone is either the first or second display; and after activating the application, displaying the application in the drop zone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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