ANNUNCIATOR DRAWER
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Abstract
A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of selected desktops and applications on single and dual screens are disclosed. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. One embodiment provides an annunciator window extending across both screens in a dual screen configuration. The annunciator window provides alerts, notifications, and statuses of the device in an increased area thereby enhancing viewability of the information in the window. The annunciator window can be expanded over a selected screen to view full contents of the window without having to minimize or close running applications.
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21. A method of displaying information on a multi-screen device including a plurality of desktops and/or applications each having at least one window, and an annunciator window, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, a first input that represents an instruction to reveal one of a desktop or application on a selected one of a first or second display of the multi-screen device and selecting a desktop or application to display on the selected one of the first or second display; displaying, by a processor, the selected desktop or application on the selected one of the first or second displays; displaying, by a processor, a pre-configured annunciator window having information therein showing at least one of a device status, a connectivity status, and a messaging status; configuring, by a processor, the annunciator window to extend across both said first and second displays; expanding, by a processor, a size of the annunciator window in response to a user input gesture wherein the annunciator is expanded as a drawer over a selected one of said first or second displays and maintaining the size of the annunciator window in response to the user input gesture wherein the annunciator is not expanded over a non-selected one of said first or second displays; and wherein the annunciator window displays information selectively across substantially all or part of said expanded annunciator window. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a computing system to execute a method, the instructions comprising:
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instructions configured to receive a first input that represents an instruction to determine and reveal a desktop or application on a selected one of a first or second display of the multi-screen device; instructions configured to respond to the first input with an output that cause the desktop or application to be displayed on the selected one of the first or second displays; instructions configured to receive a second input that represents an instruction to display a pre-configured annunciator window having information therein showing at least one of a device status, a connectivity status, and a messaging status; instructions configured to respond to the second input with an output that causes the annunciator window to be displayed in a configuration extending across both of said first and second displays; instructions configured to receive a third input that represents an instruction to expand the annunciator window over a selected one of said first or second displays and maintaining the annunciator window over a non-selected one of said first or second displays; instructions configured to respond to the third input with an output that causes an annunciator window drawer to be expanded over the selected one of said first or second displays. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A multi-screen user device, comprising:
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a first display including a first display area; a second display including a second display area; a first user input gesture area of the first display; a second user input gesture area of the second display, wherein the first and second user input gesture areas are configured to accept input from a user; an annunciator display extending across a portion said first and second display areas of said first and second displays for displaying at least one of a device status, a connectivity status, and a messaging status; a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that include; a first set of instructions configured to determine a number and identity of desktops or applications selected to be run by a user and subsequently displayed on selected ones of said first or second displays; a second set of instructions configured to determine information to be displayed in said annunciator display based on selected user gestures and respective states of said device status, a connectivity status, and a messaging status; and a third set of instructions configured to expand an area of the annunciator display defining a drawer, as presented on the selected one of the first or second displays in response to a user gesture executed on a selected display, and maintaining the area of the annunciator display as presented on the non-selected one of said first or second displays. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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