Modal launching

• US 8,881,053 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Multifold International Incorporated Pte. Ltd. (Transpacific IP Group Limited)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Sirpal, Sanjiv, Gimpl, Martin, Visosky, John Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US13/249,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/765, 715/781, 715/804, 715/808, 715/809
• US Class Current: 715/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 : Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 : Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 : for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 : for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 : Drag-and-drop
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 : by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 : controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 : display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
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• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 : Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 : Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation

Abstract

Embodiments are described for handling display of modal windows in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a modal window will be launched and displayed in a display which receives the input that resulted in the display of the modal window. The other portions of a first display or second display, not displaying the modal window, are made inactive. In other embodiments, the modal window occupies only a first display and the second display remains active.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying a window of a multi-screen application on at least a portion of a first display of a first screen and at least a portion of a second display of a second screen;

receiving input that result in launching a modal window;

in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first display or the second display, a modal window; and

wherein the window of the multi-screen application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the window of the multi-screen application is displayed on at least a portion of the first display and at least a second portion of the second display.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the input is received by the first screen and the modal window is displayed on the first display.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to displaying the modal window, dimming at least a portion of the first display.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a second window of a second application on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the input is received by the first screen and the modal window is displayed on the first display.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to displaying the modal window, dimming at least a portion of the first display.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second display is not dimmed.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the modal window occupies a first portion of the first screen and a second portion of the second screen, the second portion comprising less than the entirety of the second display.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the modal window is launched by an operating system.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:

displaying a window of a multi-screen application on at least a first portion of a first display and on at least a second portion of a second display;

receiving input that results in launching of a modal window;

in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first screen or the second screen, a modal window; and

wherein the window of the multi-screen application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the modal window is displayed on at least the first portion of the first display and on at least the second portion of the second display.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving input by the modal window.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

after receiving the input, closing the modal window.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

in response to displaying the modal window, deactivating portions of the first display and the second display not displaying the modal window.

16. A dual screen communication device, comprising:

a first touch sensitive display of a first screen;

a second touch sensitive display of a second screen;

a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising;

displaying a window of a multi-screen application on the first touch sensitive display of the first screen and the second touch sensitive display of the second screen;

receiving input that result in launching a modal window; and

in response to the input, displaying, on a selected one of the first touch sensitive display or the second touch sensitive display, the modal window;

in response to displaying the modal window, deactivating portions of the selected one of the first touch sensitive display; and

wherein the window of the multi-screen application is minimized to be displayed on the non-selected one of the first display or the second display.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the modal window is launched by an operating system.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the modal window is launched by an application.