SMARTPAD - SUSPENDED APP MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A smartpad comprising:
- a window stack, the window stack providing visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications;
a screen capture, the screen capture including a representation of the one or more applications; and
a display controller, the display controller adapted to one or more of resize and reorient the screen capture upon docking of a multi-screen device to the smartpad.
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Abstract
A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
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20 Claims
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1. A smartpad comprising:
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a window stack, the window stack providing visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications; a screen capture, the screen capture including a representation of the one or more applications; and a display controller, the display controller adapted to one or more of resize and reorient the screen capture upon docking of a multi-screen device to the smartpad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16)
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11. A method for controlling a display on a smartpad comprising:
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providing visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications via a window stack; providing a representation of the one or more applications wherein the representation is a screen capture; and one or more of resizing and reorienting the screen capture upon docking of a multi-screen device to the smartpad. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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