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Flick move gesture in user interface

  • US 9,052,801 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2011
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • displaying, in a first touch sensitive display, a first window associated with a common multi-screen application;

    receiving a flick gesture, by a first or second gesture capture region on a first or second screen and associated with, but physically separate from, an origin touch sensitive display;

    in response to receiving the flick gesture, determining a context of the first and second touch sensitive displays including;

    whether the flick gesture was received on the first or second gesture capture region and indicate an origin touch sensitive display;

    whether the flick gesture is associated with moving the first window; and

    whether a second window, also associated with the multi-screen application, is opened, inactive, and logically behind the first window in a window stack;

    in response, determining, by processor executable middleware, that the origin touch sensitive display comprises the first and the second windows controlled by the common multi-screen application, wherein the first and second windows provide content for the common multi-screen application; and

    moving, by the processor executable middleware, the first and the second windows of the common multi-screen application, substantially simultaneously, from the origin touch sensitive display to a target touch sensitive display, wherein the movement of the first window is visible on the first and second touch sensitive displays, and wherein the movement of the second window is not visible on the first and second touch sensitive displays.

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