SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE ACTIVATION THROUGH USER INTERFACE TOGGLE
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a first screen to a second screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to a request from an application. The application may be executed and have the user interface window associated with the application moved to a second screen. The change to the second screen can be requested based on input into the application or automatically generated based on the type of application. In response to the request from the application, the device can render the user interface in the second screen.
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40 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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providing a device having at least first and second displays, wherein the device is in a closed state, and wherein, in the closed state, the first and second displays face opposite directions and outward from the device; executing an application; in a first display mode, presenting a first user interface on a first display; receiving an input from the application, wherein the input includes a request to toggle to a second display mode while the device remains in the closed state, wherein the second display mode includes displaying a user interface associated with the application on the second display; in response to the request, switching to the second display; and presenting the user interface associated with the application on the second display and terminating the application on the first display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 40)
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30. A device, comprising:
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a first display, the first display including a touch sensitive display area; a second display, wherein the second display faces an opposite direction from the first display and outward from the device when the device is closed, wherein in a first display mode the first display is in view of the user; a memory; a processor in communication with the memory, the first display, and the second display, the processor operable to; execute an application; in a first display mode, present a first user interface associated with an application on a first display; receive an input from the application, wherein the input includes a request to toggle to a second display mode while the device remains closed, wherein the second display mode includes displaying the first user interface on the second display; in response to the request, switch to the second display; and present the first user interface on the second display and terminating displaying application on the first display. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor of a device to execute a method for providing a user interface, wherein the device has at least first and second displays, wherein the device is in a closed state, and wherein, in the closed state, the first and second displays face opposite directions and outward from the device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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instructions to execute an application; in a first display mode, instructions to present a first user interface associated with an application on a first display; instructions to receive an input from the application, wherein the input includes a request to toggle to a second display mode while the device remains in the closed state, wherein the second display mode includes displaying a the first user interface on the second display; in response to the request, instructions to switch to the second display and terminating the application on the first display; and instructions to present the first user interface on the second display. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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