User interface for different displays
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1. A method, comprising:
- a graphical user interface displaying graphical interface content on a display within an electronic device having two displays;
activating an other display of said two displays;
said other display informing the graphical user interface about the characteristics of said other display,in response to the activation of said other display, refreshing the graphical user interface content and dynamically changing the layout of the graphical user interface content for said other display on the basis of characteristics of said other display;
displaying the changed layout on said other display.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for adjusting a graphical user interface for at least two displays, wherein due to an activation of at least one of at least two displays the graphical user interface is informed about the characteristics of said at least one activated display whereby the graphical user interface is refreshed according to said characteristics. This invention also relates to a display system, to a device, to a graphical user interface and to a computer program product.
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1. A method, comprising:
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a graphical user interface displaying graphical interface content on a display within an electronic device having two displays; activating an other display of said two displays; said other display informing the graphical user interface about the characteristics of said other display, in response to the activation of said other display, refreshing the graphical user interface content and dynamically changing the layout of the graphical user interface content for said other display on the basis of characteristics of said other display; displaying the changed layout on said other display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. Apparatus for an electronic device, the device comprising two displays;
- wherein said apparatus is configured to;
display graphical user interface content on one of the two displays; receive information relating to an activation of an other of said two displays; receive information relating to characteristics of said other display from said other display; wherein, in response to said activation of said other display, the apparatus is configured to refresh the graphical user interface content for said other display and dynamically change the layout of the graphical user interface content on the basis of the characteristics of said other display; and display said changed layout on said other display. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- wherein said apparatus is configured to;
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34. A memory for a single electronic device having two displays and a graphical user interface useable for each of said two displays to display graphical user interface content, said memory comprising computer readable instructions for execution by a processor of said single electronic device configured to cause said single electronic device to:
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receive information on an activation of one of the displays, receive information relating to characteristics of said activated display from said activated display, and, in response to the activation of said activated display, to refresh the graphical user interface content and dynamically change a layout of the graphical user interface content for said activated display according to characteristics of said activated display. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A memory for a single electronic device having two displays and a graphical user interface useable for each of said two displays displaying graphical interface content, said memory comprising computer readable instructions for execution by a processor of said single electronic device configured, in response to an activation of one of the displays, to cause said single electronic device to:
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cause said activated display to inform the graphical user interface about characteristics of said activated display, and refresh the graphical user interface content and dynamically change the layout of the graphical user interface content for said activated display based on characteristics of said activated display. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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