MOBILE DEVICE WITH USER INTERFACE

• US 20140310643A1
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yota Devices IPR Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Yota Devices IPR Ltd.
• Inventors: Karmanenko, Sergey, Mikhnenko, Igor, Gorilovsky, Dmitry Alekseevich, Kozyr, Vera
• Application Number:
  US13/992,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20140310643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

There is provided a bar form factor mobile display device comprising front and back major faces, the front major face arranged to present a normal power first display screen and the back major face arranged to present a low power second display screen, wherein the device includes a computer.

Claims

1. Bar form factor mobile display device comprising front and back major faces, the front major face arranged to present a normal power first display screen and the back major face arranged to present a low power second display screen, wherein the device includes a computer.

7. Bar form factor mobile display device of claim 1, wherein the device includes sensors and wherein the device is operable to process input from the sensors when the first display screen is off.

14. Device of claim 1, wherein the first display screen is a touch screen.

16. Device of claim 1, wherein the second display screen is a touch screen.

20. Device of claim 1, wherein the first display screen output is generated by a first application and the second display screen output is generated by a second application different to the first application.

21. Device of claim 1, wherein the first display is operable to display a home screen pane corresponding to the second display screen.

24. Device of claim 1, wherein the second display is operable to display a plurality of widgets, wherein at least two of the widgets have different update frequencies.

30. Device of claim 21, wherein the second display is operable to be configured, and wherein the second display configuration is operable to be changed via the first display.

32. Device of claim 21, wherein the second display is operable to be configured, and wherein a device screen page for initiating the changing of the configuration of the second display is at the same level in the menu hierarchy as other home panes on the device,

or wherein the device screen page for initiating the changing of the second display configuration is accessible by swiping through other screens;

and wherein the device screen page for initiating the changing of the second display configuration is accessible by a screen wide two finger swipe,

and wherein a two finger swipe in a first direction brings up the screen page for initiating the changing of the second display configuration, and a two finger swipe in the opposite direction to the first direction brings up a previously displayed home page.

40. Device of claim 1, wherein the second display displays only wallpaper when a user is interacting with the first display.

42. Device of claim 30, wherein the second display configuration screen displayed on the first display includes a replica of the second display screen.

55. Device of claim 1, wherein the second screen displays an alarm clock indicator in response to an alarm clock having been set on the device, and the second screen is not configurable not to display the alarm clock indicator in response to an alarm clock having been set on the device.

56. Device of claim 1, wherein the second screen displays a critical battery indicator in response to the battery reaching a predefined level, and the second screen is not configurable not to display the critical battery indicator in response to the battery reaching a predefined level.

57. Device of claim 1, wherein the second display is operable to display a plurality of widgets, wherein the second display is divided into a grid comprising grid elements, wherein each widget is presented using grid elements.

63. Device of claim 30, wherein the second display configuration is operable to be changed via a second display configuration screen on the first display, and the configuration screen is operable to add or edit widgets for the second display.

113. Device of claim 1, wherein when a user is interacting with the first screen, the second screen displays only wallpaper.

115. Device of claim 1, wherein when a user is operating a device function, an image corresponding to that device function is shown on the second screen.

118. Device of claim 115, wherein when the device function is a music playing function, the second screen displays a music-related image.

124. Device of claim 1, wherein the device is operable to provide a deactivated first screen and an activated second screen in response to a timeout limit of the device.

125. Device of claim 1, wherein the device is operable to answer a call in response to a user manipulation including a device rotation.

129. Device of claim 1, wherein the device provides a selectable option to provide notifications on the second screen.

137. Device of claim 129, wherein when a notification is displayed the device is operable to dismiss the notification and return the second screen to a previous state.

140. Device of claim 129, wherein when no notification is displayed on the second screen, the device is operable to display on the second screen the most recently displayed notification in response to three taps on the device.

142. Device of claim 1, wherein the device provides a selectable option to provide output on the second screen.

143. Device of claim 142, wherein an incoming voice call to the device is announced on the entire second screen.

145. Device of claim 142, wherein no interaction in relation to an incoming call is allowed until the device has been turned over from the second screen to the first screen.

158. Device of claim 1, wherein the device is operable to display a full graphics overlay on the second screen in response to an application running on the device, or to an event occurring at the device.

166. Device of claim 1, wherein the second screen is operable to display a wallpaper, and wherein an application which provides the wallpaper for display is operable to change the displayed wallpaper without user intervention.

192. Method of operating a device of claim 1, comprising the step of the device changing what is displayed on the device.

193. Computer program product operable when running on a device of claim 1 to enable the device to receive a user input to the device.

194. Computer program product operable when running on a device of claim 1 to change what is displayed on the device.

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