System and method of updating a dynamic input and output device

• US 10,606,539 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Jeffrey Traer, Kerr, Duncan R., Morrell, John B., Yang, Lawrence Y., Wilson, Eric Lance, Meyer, Adam S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuan S
• Application Number:
  US15/113,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,894 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/021 Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 : Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

The computing system includes a primary display, memory, and a housing at least partially containing a physical in put mechanism and a touch screen adjacent to the physical input mechanism: displays, on the primary display, a first user interface, the first user interface comprising one or more user interface elements; and identifies an active user interface element among the one or more user interface elements that is in focus on the primary display. In accordance with a determination that the active user interface element that is in focus on the primary display is associated with an application executed by the computing system, the computing system displays a second user interface on the touch screen, including: (A) a first set of corresponding to the application; and (B) at least one system-level affordance corresponding a system-level functionality.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system with a first housing that includes a primary display and a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and (ii) a touch-sensitive secondary display that is distinct from the primary display, cause the computing system to:

display a user interface on the primary display in which a first application is an active application;

while the first application is the active application;

concurrently display on the touch-sensitive secondary display;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the first application in a first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

a set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in a second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

detect a request to switch the active application from the first application to a second application, different from the first application; and

in response to detecting the request to switch the active application from the first application to the second application, display a user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application; and

while displaying the user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application;

display on the touch-sensitive secondary display a secondary user interface, distinct from the user interface on the primary display, the secondary user interface including;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display;

detect selection, within the secondary user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances;

in response to detecting the selection of the system-level affordance, perform an operation in the user interface displayed on the primary display;

detect selection, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a toggle affordance indicating a system-level feature;

in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance;

cease displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances;

display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities, wherein the expanded set of system-level affordances is concurrently displayed, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, with an affordance that, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to cease displaying at least a subset of the expanded set of system-level affordances and to display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances;

detect a user input corresponding to an override key; and

in response to detecting the user input;

cease to display at least the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application on the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

display a set of default function keys on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computing system further comprises:

(i) a primary computing device comprising the first housing that includes the primary display, the one or more processors, memory, and primary computing device communication circuitry; and

(ii) an input device comprising the second housing, the touch-sensitive secondary display, the physical keyboard, and input device communication circuitry for communicating with the primary computing device communication circuitry, wherein the input device is distinct and separate from the primary computing device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical keys.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein, when the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, the first application is executed by the one or more processors and is displayed in a foreground of the user interface in which the first application is the active application.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances is configured upon selection to cause display of a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponds to one of a power control or an escape control.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more application-level affordances or one of the one or more system-level affordances displayed on the secondary user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display is a multi-function affordance.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

detect a user touch input selecting the multi-function affordance;

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a first type, perform a first function associated with the multi-function affordance; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a second type distinct from the first type, perform a second function associated with the multi-function affordance.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

detect a request to switch from the second application to a system user interface of the computing system;

in response to detecting the request to switch from the second application to the system user interface;

display the system user interface on the primary display;

cease to display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application; and

maintain display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of the set of one or more system-level affordances.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a respective system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to:

cease displaying at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances and

display an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detect a user touch input selecting one application-level affordance of the set of application-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input;

display a different set of application-level affordances corresponding to functionalities of the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

maintain display of the set of one or more system-level affordances in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detect a user touch input selecting one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input, display a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, detect a user input at a user interface element displayed within the first application on the primary display;

in response to detecting the user input;

display, on the primary display, an updated user interface in which the first application is the active application and in which a particular portion of the updated user interface has focus on the primary display;

display a user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display, including concurrently displaying;

an updated set of one or more application-level affordances in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least one of the updated set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the particular portion of the updated user interface; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to the at least one system-level functionality in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

after displaying the user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application, determine whether a media item is being played by the computing system, wherein the media item is not associated with the second application; and

,

in accordance with a determination that media item is being played by the computing system, display at least one persistent affordance on the touch-sensitive secondary display for controlling the media item.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the at least one persistent affordance displays feedback that corresponds to the media item.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

after displaying the set of default function keys, detect a swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive secondary display in a direction that is substantially parallel to a major axis of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

,

in response to detecting the swipe gesture, display a different set of default function keys with at least one distinct function key on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display of the expanded set of system-level affordances in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance includes displaying at least one system-level affordance from the set of one or more system-level affordances on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the override key is a key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the override key is a function key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

20. A method, comprising:

at a computing system comprising one or more processors, memory, a first housing that includes a primary display, and a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and (ii) a touch-sensitive secondary display that is distinct from the primary display;

displaying a user interface on the primary display in which a first application is an active application;

while the first application is the active application;

concurrently displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the first application in a first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

a set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in a second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

detecting a request to switch the active application from the first application to a second application, different from the first application; and

in response to detecting the request to switch the active application from the first application to the second application, displaying a user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application; and

while displaying the user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application;

displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display a secondary user interface, distinct from the user interface on the primary display, the secondary user interface including;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display;

detecting selection, within the secondary user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances;

in response to detecting the selection of the system-level affordance, performing an operation in the user interface displayed on the primary display;

detecting selection, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a toggle affordance indicating a system-level feature;

in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance;

ceasing displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances; and

displaying, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities, wherein the expanded set of system-level affordances is concurrently displayed, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, with an affordance that, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to cease displaying at least a subset of the expanded set of system-level affordances and to display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances;

detecting a user input corresponding to an override key; and

in response to detecting the user input;

ceasing to display at least the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application on the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

displaying a set of default function keys on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display of the expanded set of system-level affordances in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance includes displaying at least one system-level affordance from the set of one or more system-level affordances on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the override key is a key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the override key is a function key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the computing system further comprises:

(i) a primary computing device comprising the first housing that includes the primary display, the one or more processors, memory, and primary computing device communication circuitry; and

(ii) an input device comprising the second housing, the touch-sensitive secondary display, the physical keyboard, and input device communication circuitry for communicating with the primary computing device communication circuitry, wherein the input device is distinct and separate from the primary computing device.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical keys.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein, when the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, the first application is executed by the one or more processors and is displayed in a foreground of the user interface in which the first application is the active application.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein at least one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances is configured upon selection to cause display of a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponds to one of a power control or an escape control.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein at least one of the one or more application-level affordances or one of the one or more system-level affordances displayed on the secondary user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display is a multi-function affordance.

30. The method of claim 29, comprising:

detecting a user touch input selecting the multi-function affordance;

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a first type, performing a first function associated with the multi-function affordance; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a second type distinct from the first type, performing a second function associated with the multi-function affordance.

31. The method of claim 20, comprising:

detecting a request to switch from the second application to a system user interface of the computing system;

in response to detecting the request to switch from the second application to the system user interface;

displaying the system user interface on the primary display;

ceasing to display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application; and

maintaining display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of the set of one or more system-level affordances.

32. The method of claim 20, wherein a respective system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to:

cease displaying at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances and

display an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities.

33. The method of claim 20, comprising:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detecting a user touch input selecting one application-level affordance of the set of application-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input;

displaying a different set of application-level affordances corresponding to functionalities of the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

maintaining display of the set of one or more system-level affordances in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

34. The method of claim 20, comprising:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detecting a user touch input selecting one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input, displaying a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

35. The method of claim 20, comprising:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, detecting a user input at a user interface element displayed within the first application on the primary display;

in response to detecting the user input;

displaying, on the primary display, an updated user interface in which the first application is the active application and in which a particular portion of the updated user interface has focus on the primary display;

displaying a user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display, including concurrently displaying;

an updated set of one or more application-level affordances in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least one of the updated set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the particular portion of the updated user interface; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to the at least one system-level functionality in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

36. The method of claim 20, comprising:

after displaying the user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application, determining whether a media item is being played by the computing system, wherein the media item is not associated with the second application; and

,

in accordance with a determination that media item is being played by the computing system, displaying at least one persistent affordance on the touch-sensitive secondary display for controlling the media item.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the at least one persistent affordance displays feedback that corresponds to the media item.

38. The method of claim 20, comprising:

after displaying the set of default function keys, detecting a swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive secondary display in a direction that is substantially parallel to a major axis of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

,

in response to detecting the swipe gesture, displaying a different set of default function keys with at least one distinct function key on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

39. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors;

a first housing that includes a primary display;

a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and (ii) a touch-sensitive secondary display that is distinct from the primary display;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a first user interface on the primary display, the first user interface comprising one or more user interface elements in which a first application is an active application;

while the first application is the active application;

concurrently displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the first application in a first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

a set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in a second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

detecting a request to switch the active application from the first application to a second application, different from the first application; and

in response to detecting the request to switch the active application from the first application to the second application, displaying a user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application; and

while the second application is the active application;

displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display a secondary user interface, distinct from the user interface on the primary display, the secondary user interface including;

a set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display;

detecting selection, within the secondary user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances;

in response to detecting the selection of the system-level affordance, performing an operation in the user interface displayed on the primary display;

detecting selection, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of a toggle affordance indicating a system-level feature;

in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance;

ceasing displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances; and

displaying, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities, wherein the expanded set of system-level affordances is concurrently displayed, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, with an affordance that, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to cease displaying at least a subset of the expanded set of system-level affordances and to display at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances;

detecting a user input corresponding to an override key; and

in response to detecting the user input;

ceasing to display at least the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application on the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

displaying a set of default function keys on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

40. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the displaying on the touch-sensitive secondary display of the expanded set of system-level affordances in response to detecting the selection of the toggle affordance includes displaying at least one system-level affordance from the set of one or more system-level affordances on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

41. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the override key is a key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

42. The computing system of claim 41, wherein the override key is a function key on the physical keyboard that is in the second housing.

43. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the computing system further comprises:

(i) a primary computing device comprising the first housing that includes the primary display, the one or more processors, memory, and primary computing device communication circuitry; and

(ii) an input device comprising the second housing, the touch-sensitive secondary display, the physical keyboard, and input device communication circuitry for communicating with the primary computing device communication circuitry, wherein the input device is distinct and separate from the primary computing device.

44. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical keys.

45. The computing system of claim 39, wherein, when the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, the first application is executed by the one or more processors and is displayed in a foreground of the user interface in which the first application is the active application.

46. The computing system of claim 39, wherein at least one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances is configured upon selection to cause display of a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities on the touch-sensitive secondary display.

47. The computing system of claim 39, wherein a system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponds to one of a power control or an escape control.

48. The computing system of claim 39, wherein at least one of the one or more application-level affordances or one of the one or more system-level affordances displayed on the secondary user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display is a multi-function affordance.

49. The computing system of claim 48, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting a user touch input selecting the multi-function affordance;

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a first type, performing a first function associated with the multi-function affordance; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the user touch input corresponds to a second type distinct from the first type, performing a second function associated with the multi-function affordance.

50. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

detecting a request to switch from the second application to a system user interface of the computing system;

in response to detecting the request to switch from the second application to the system user interface;

displaying the system user interface on the primary display;

ceasing to display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the second application; and

maintaining display, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, of the set of one or more system-level affordances.

51. The computing system of claim 39, wherein a respective system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances, when selected, causes the touch-sensitive secondary display to:

cease displaying at least some of the set of one or more application-level affordances and

display an expanded set of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities.

52. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detecting a user touch input selecting one application-level affordance of the set of application-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input;

displaying a different set of application-level affordances corresponding to functionalities of the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

maintaining display of the set of one or more system-level affordances in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

53. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display;

detecting a user touch input selecting one system-level affordance of the set of one or more system-level affordances; and

,

in response to detecting the user touch input, displaying a plurality of system-level affordances corresponding to system-level functionalities in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

54. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while the user interface in which the first application is the active application is displayed on the primary display, detecting a user input at a user interface element displayed within the first application on the primary display;

in response to detecting the user input;

displaying, on the primary display, an updated user interface in which the first application is the active application and in which a particular portion of the updated user interface has focus on the primary display;

displaying a user interface on the touch-sensitive secondary display, including concurrently displaying;

an updated set of one or more application-level affordances in the first portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display, at least one of the updated set of one or more application-level affordances corresponding to the particular portion of the updated user interface; and

the set of one or more system-level affordances corresponding to the at least one system-level functionality in the second portion of the touch-sensitive secondary display.

55. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

after displaying the user interface on the primary display in which the second application is the active application, determining whether a media item is being played by the computing system, wherein the media item is not associated with the second application; and

,

in accordance with a determination that media item is being played by the computing system, displaying at least one persistent affordance on the touch-sensitive secondary display for controlling the media item.

56. The computing system of claim 55, wherein the at least one persistent affordance displays feedback that corresponds to the media item.

57. The computing system of claim 39, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

after displaying the set of default function keys, detecting a swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive secondary display in a direction that is substantially parallel to a major axis of the touch-sensitive secondary display; and

,

in response to detecting the swipe gesture, displaying a different set of default function keys with at least one distinct function key on the touch-sensitive secondary display.