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Application display transitions between single and multiple displays

  • US 9,152,176 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2011
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling data displayed by a multi-screen device, comprising:

  • determining that the multi-screen device has moved from a first physical orientation to a different second physical orientation, wherein the multi-screen device is in a folded state in the first physical orientation, wherein in the folded state a first touchscreen and a second touchscreen of the multi-screen device are back-to-back, wherein the first touchscreen is displaying content for an application, and wherein the second physical orientation is where the first touchscreen is in a landscape state and in a same plane as the second touchscreen;

    determining a relative position of the first touchscreen to the second touchscreen in the second physical orientation, wherein the relative position includes whether the first touchscreen is above or below the second touchscreen;

    determining, when the determined relative position of the first touchscreen is above the second touchscreen, whether the application allows for a display of content to the first and second touchscreens in the second physical orientation based at least partially on a condition stored in memory;

    changing, when the determined relative position of the first touchscreen is above the second touchscreen and in response to determining the application allows for the display of content to the first and second touchscreens, a display of the application to conform to a predetermined display configuration of the application on at least one of the first and second touchscreens;

    wherein the step of changing includes a step of modifying a display of the application from being displayed on only the first touchscreen to being displayed on both the first and second touchscreens at a same time; and

    displaying, when the determined relative position of the first touchscreen is below the second touchscreen, content for a different second application to the second touchscreen while continuing to display content for the application to the first touchscreen.

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