Display size emulation system
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1. An emulator designed to be executed on a portable electronic device with a display, wherein said emulator receives input from at least one motion sensing device;
- wherein a virtual display is accessed by said emulator;
wherein at least a portion of said virtual display is displayed on said display in one time interval;
wherein said input from said at least one motion sensing device being for controlling a displayed portion of said virtual display; and
wherein said displayed portion being the same size as said display.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to controlling displays of user interfaces. More specifically, the invention relates to emulating motion driven navigation commands for the manipulation of displays of computer software application.
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37 Claims
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1. An emulator designed to be executed on a portable electronic device with a display, wherein said emulator receives input from at least one motion sensing device;
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wherein a virtual display is accessed by said emulator;
wherein at least a portion of said virtual display is displayed on said display in one time interval;
wherein said input from said at least one motion sensing device being for controlling a displayed portion of said virtual display; and
wherein said displayed portion being the same size as said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 37)
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8. A method of controlling a display device of a computer system, said display device having a display area, comprising the steps of:
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executing a computer application that has a virtual display that is larger than said display area;
communicating to an operating system that said virtual display can fit on said display area; and
displaying only a portion of said virtual display on said display device;
whereby, said display does not display features that would normally be displayed by said operating system, if said virtual display could not fit in said display area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system having a display area, comprising:
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a) a computer application, displayed on said display area, having a virtual display that is larger than said display area;
b) an operation system for determining the size of said display area and the size of the virtual display of said computer application; and
c) an emulation layer for communicating with said operating system means that the computer application virtual display can fit within said display area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for controlling a display comprising the acts of:
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providing a display area;
providing a computer application that will be displayed on said display area, wherein said computer application will require a larger area than said display area;
providing an operating system to display said computer application; and
providing an emulation layer that emulates a screen size to the operating system which is large enough to display the entire computer application; and
displaying said computer application. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. In a computer system of a portable electronic device including a graphical user interface and a display device and input means, a method of providing a, the method comprising:
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a) removing a current display from graphical user interface from said display device;
b) displaying a emulation graphic interface on said display device;
c) receiving input from a motion sensing means;
said motion sensing means for detecting a user initiated motion of said device; and
d) adjusting said emulation graphic interface displayed on said display device, according to said received input;
wherein said emulation graphic layer is independent of the display requirements of said display device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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