GESTURE CONTROLLED SCREEN REPOSITIONING FOR ONE OR MORE DISPLAYS
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Abstract
Control of a computing device using gesture inputs. The computing device may be a handheld computing device with a plurality of displays. The displays may be capable of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). The plurality of displays may be modified in response to receipt of a gesture input such that the displays are changed from a first state to a second state. The change of the displays from the first state to the second state may include moving a GUI from a first display to a second display. Additionally, a second GUI may be moved from the second display to the first display. The gesture input may comprise multiple touches, such as a pinch gesture.
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23. A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:
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displaying a first screen in a first display of the plurality of displays when in a first display state; receiving a first gesture input in a first off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein the first off display gesture area is associated with the first display; receiving a second gesture input in a second off display gesture area of said handled computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input, and wherein the second off display gesture area is associated with a second display; in response to receiving the first gesture input and the second gesture; determining that the first gesture and the second gesture are a single pinch gesture input, wherein a pinch gesture received in the first display or second display has a different function; in response to the pinch gesture, modifying the plurality of displays from the first display state to a second display state; and in response to the change to the second display state; displaying the first screen on the second display; and changing a display on the first display, wherein the change to the first display is one of; displaying a desktop on the first display, wherein the desktop is uncovered when the first screen moves to the second display;
ordisplaying a second screen on the first display, wherein the second screen was previously displayed on the second display. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A handheld computing device, comprising:
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a processor; a first display in operative communication with the processor and operable to display a first screen in a first display state; a second display in operative communication with the processor; a first gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a first gesture input, wherein the first off display gesture sensor is associated with the first display; a second gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a second gesture input, wherein the second off display gesture sensor is associated with the second display; wherein the processor is configured to; receive one or more of the first gesture input and the second gesture input; determine if a first application is in a multi screen mode and displaying a first screen on the first display and a second screen on the second display, wherein the second screen is a child screen of the first screen; if the first application is in a multi screen mode, ignore the received one or more of the first gesture input and the second gesture input; determine if the first application is in a single screen mode and displaying a first screen on the first display and if a second application is in the single screen mode and displaying a third screen on the second display; and if the first application is in a single screen mode and the second application is in the single screen mode, change to a second display state such that the first screen is displayed on the second display and the second screen is displayed on a first display in the second display state. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:
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displaying a first screen in a first display and a second screen in a second display, when the plurality of displays are in a first display state; receiving a first gesture input in a first off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein the first off display gesture area is associated with the first display; and receiving a second gesture input in a second off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input, and wherein the second off display gesture area is associated with a second display; in response to receiving the first gesture and the second gesture, modifying the plurality of displays from the first state to a second display state; and wherein the first screen is displayed in the second display and the second screen is displayed in the first display when the plurality of displays are in the second display state.
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