Smartpad—suspended app management
First Claim
1. A smartpad comprising:
- a window stack, which is a logical arrangement of one or more of windows and desktops in a display area, the window stack providing visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications other than the active application;
a screen capture, the screen capture including a representation of the one or more applications within the window stack running on multiple touch screens of a multiple touch screen device; and
a display controller, the display controller adapted to display and one or more of resize and reorient the screen capture on a display of the smartpad upon docking of the multiple touch screen device to the smartpad based on detected orientations of the smartpad and the multiple touch screen device and a usable display size.
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Abstract
A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
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20 Claims
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1. A smartpad comprising:
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a window stack, which is a logical arrangement of one or more of windows and desktops in a display area, the window stack providing visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications other than the active application; a screen capture, the screen capture including a representation of the one or more applications within the window stack running on multiple touch screens of a multiple touch screen device; and a display controller, the display controller adapted to display and one or more of resize and reorient the screen capture on a display of the smartpad upon docking of the multiple touch screen device to the smartpad based on detected orientations of the smartpad and the multiple touch screen device and a usable display size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16)
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11. A method for controlling a display on a smartpad comprising:
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providing, by a processor, visibility into one or more applications other than an active application, and allowing management of the active and the one or more applications other than the active application via a window stack, the window stack being a logical arrangement of one or more of windows and desktops in a display area; providing, by the processor, a representation of the one or more applications within the window stack running on multiple touch screens of a multiple touch screen device, wherein the representation is a screen capture; and the processor one or more of resizing and reorienting the screen capture for display on a display of the smartpad upon docking of the multiple touch screen device to the smartpad based on detected orientations of the smartpad and the multiple touch screen device and a usable display size. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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