UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING BEHAVIOR FOR VISIBLE-TO-VISIBLE EXTENSION
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules.
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40 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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providing a device with a first touch sensitive display and a second touch sensitive display; providing a computer system with a display; docking the device to the computer system to form a unified system; generating a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop is rendered by the device and includes at least a first portion displayed on the first and second touch sensitive displays of the device and a second portion displayed on the computer system display; in response to the docking, determining whether a first window was displayed on at least one of the first and second touch sensitive displays of the device before the docking; in response to determining the first window was displayed on the device before the docking, migrating the first window from the device to the second portion of the unified desktop on the computer system display and displaying the first portion of the unified desktop on at least one of the first and second touch sensitive displays of the device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A unified system, comprising:
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a computer system comprising; a first screen; a processor; and a memory; and a device comprising; a second screen; a second memory; and a second processor; wherein the device is docked with the computer system to form the unified system, the device is operable to move a first application window, displayed on the second screen before docking, to the first screen. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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32. The unified system 31, wherein a first rule is associated with changes in the display of the first application window on the first screen of the computer system after docking the device, wherein the first rule is associated with the first application window that was displayed on the device before docking.
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36. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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upon docking a device with a computer system to form a unified system, instructions to generate a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes a first portions associated with the device and a second portion associated with the computer system; and based on the docking, instructions to move a first application window, displayed by at least one display of the device before docking, to the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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