DESKTOP APPLICATION MANAGER: CARD DRAGGING OF DUAL SCREEN CARDS
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selecting a card from an application stack, wherein the card represents a corresponding application that a user would like to make active or bring focus to. The selecting includes one or more of a dragging and a tapping action, with these actions being triggers for transitioning the device to an optional drag state or tapped state, respectively. Transitioning through this state executes the activating of a corresponding application or other action on the device to facilitate window/application/desktop management. The selecting further allows a user to specify which a touch screen (or portion hereof) on which a particular application should be launched.
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40 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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providing a device with a first and second display; providing an application tray, by an application manager, wherein the application tray provides a visual representation of a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of at least two windows for open applications being executed by a processor, wherein the window stack includes only windows for open applications, wherein the windows in the window stack may be active or inactive, wherein the application tray does not include a representation of an application that is not currently executing, wherein the window stack includes an order for the windows based on when the window was displayed in relation to the other windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack; detecting, in the application tray by the processor, a selection of and a dragging motion for a card, the card representing at least one application in the window stack, wherein the card is associated with an inactive application that is executing on the device but is suspended; detecting a dropping motion; activating an application corresponding to the selected card in a drop zone, wherein the drop zone is either the first or second display; and after activating the application, displaying the application in the drop zone. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
a touch sensitive display and processor that; providing an application tray, by an application manager, wherein the application tray provides a visual representation of a window stack, and wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of at least two windows for open applications being executed by the processor, wherein the application tray does not include a representation of an application that is not currently executing, wherein the window stack includes an order for the at least two windows based on when the window was displayed in relation to the other windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack; detect, in the application tray, a selection of and a dragging motion for a card, the card representing at least one application in the window stack, wherein the card is associated with an inactive application that is executing on the device but is suspended[ TW 1];detect a dropping motion; activate an application corresponding to the selected card in a drop zone, wherein the drop zone is in either the first or second display; after activating the application, displaying the application in the drop zone. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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