Keeping focus at the top of the device when in landscape orientation

• US 9,134,877 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Gimpl, Martin, Schrock, Rodney Wayne, Sirpal, Sanjiv
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELBINGER, STEVEN Z
• Application Number:
  US13/247,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,448 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
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Abstract

Systems and methods are provides for adjusting focus during an orientation change. A full screen window has focus before the orientation change. After the device is oriented in the landscape orientation, the focus is maintained on the window. However, a configurable area associated with at least one screen that displays the full screen window is changed to display the configurable area on the screen that is at the top of the device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions executable by a processor, the computer-executable instructions causing the processor to execute a method for changing focus in a multi-screen device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

instructions to establish focus on a window in a first touch-sensitive display;

instructions to determine a first configurable area to display, wherein the first configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow a user to select functions associated with the multi-screen device, wherein the first configurable area is associated with the first touch-sensitive display, wherein a second configurable area is disabled and not displayed, wherein a second touch-sensitive display is enabled and displays content, and wherein the first configurable area and the second configurable area are not provided together;

instructions to receive an orientation change;

instructions to maintain focus on window; and

instructions to change from the first configurable area to the second configurable area associated with the second touch-sensitive display, wherein the second configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow the user to select functions associated with the multi-screen device, wherein the two or more selectable controls included with the second configurable area are similar to the two or more selectable controls included with the first configurable area, wherein the first configurable area is disabled and not displayed, and wherein the first touch-sensitive display is enabled and continues to display content.

2. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 1, wherein the orientation changes the multi-screen from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation.

3. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 2, wherein the first configurable area is on a first screen and the second configurable area is on a second screen.

4. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 3, wherein the window is a full screen window.

5. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 4, wherein the first screen includes a first touch sensitive display and the second screen includes a second touch sensitive display.

6. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 5, wherein the full screen window is displayed on both the first touch sensitive display and the second touch sensitive display.

7. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 6, wherein, in landscape orientation, the first screen is at a bottom of the multi-screen device and the second screen is at a top of the multi-screen device.

8. The computer readable medium as defined in claim 7, wherein the multi-screen device is reconfigured to move the configurable area from the bottom of the multi-screen device to the top of the multi-screen device.

9. A device comprising:

a first screen comprising;

a first touch sensitive display;

a first configurable area, wherein the first configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow a user to select functions associated with the device;

a second screen comprising;

a second touch sensitive display;

a second configurable area, wherein the second configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow a user to select functions associated with the device, wherein the two or more selectable controls included with the second configurable area are similar to the two or more selectable controls included with the first configurable area, wherein the first configurable area and the second configurable area are not provided together;

wherein a first window is a full screen window and is displayed across the first and the second touch sensitive display;

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory and each of the first and second screens, the processor operable to;

establish focus on the first window;

determine to provide the first configurable area, wherein the second configurable is not provided;

receive an orientation change, wherein the orientation change changes the device from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation;

maintain focus on the first window; and

change from the first configurable area to a second configurable area, wherein the first configurable area and second configurable area are not provided together, wherein the first configurable area is disabled and not displayed, and wherein the first touch-sensitive display is enabled and continues to display content.

10. The device as defined in claim 9, wherein the first screen is a primary screen.

11. The device as defined in claim 10, wherein the first screen is on a left of the device in the portrait orientation and at a bottom of the device in the landscape orientation.

12. The device as defined in claim 11, wherein device changes the screen onto which to provide the configurable area.

13. The device as defined in claim 12, wherein the second configurable area is at the top of the device in the landscape orientation.

14. The device as defined in claim 13, wherein an orientation of the first window changes from portrait to landscape in response to the orientation change of the device.

15. The device as defined in claim 14, wherein at least one input into the configurable area affect the first window.

16. A method for presenting a display for a multi-screen device, the method comprising:

establishing focus on a first window while the multi-screen device is in a portrait orientation, wherein the first window is a full screen window;

determining to provide a first configurable area, wherein the first configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow a user to select functions associated with the multi-screen device, wherein a second configurable area is disabled and not displayed, and wherein the first configurable area and the second configurable area are not provided together;

receiving an orientation change, wherein the orientation change changes the device from the portrait orientation to a landscape orientation;

maintaining focus on the first window;

changing from the first configurable area to the second configurable area, wherein the second configurable area includes two or more selectable controls which allow a user to select functions associated with the multi-screen device, wherein the two or more selectable controls included with the second configurable area provide a same function to the two or more selectable controls included with the first configurable area; and

disabling the first configurable area, wherein the first configurable area and second configurable area are not provided together, wherein the first configurable area is not displayed, and wherein the first touch-sensitive display is enabled and continues to display content.

17. The method defined in claim 16, wherein the multi-screen device comprises:

a first screen comprising;

a first touch sensitive display;

the first configurable area;

a second screen comprising;

a second touch sensitive display;

the second configurable area.

18. The method defined in claim 17, wherein the first screen is on a left of the device in the portrait orientation and at a bottom of the device in the landscape orientation.

19. The method defined in claim 18, wherein the second configurable area is at the top of the device in the landscape orientation.

20. The method defined in claim 18, wherein the first screen is a primary screen.