Methods of displaying a second view

• US 9,588,668 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: IMERJ LLC (Flex, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Selim, Mo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Michaud, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/188,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20130021266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,056 Days
• Field of Search: 345/2.2, 345/2.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Methods of displaying information on an electronic device have a first touchscreen display and a second touchscreen display are disclosed. As the user enters inputs on the first touchscreen display, the second touchscreen displays the results of the user'"'"'s inputs on the first touchscreen display. Either touchscreen can be used as an input device. Display information generated by an application can be the same on both displays. Alternatively, the first and second displays comprise a single, larger screen. An single application can address the displays as distinct devices. A touchscreen display can be dedicated to a single application, or a single instance of an application such that the two displays can run different applications, or different instances of the same application. In conjunction with a wireless communications module, the electronic device can be used as a portable teleconferencing device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on an electronic device comprising a first touchscreen display on a first device portion of the electronic device, a wireless communications module, and a second touchscreen display on a second device portion of the electronic device, the method comprising the steps:

providing a plurality of operating modes;

when the electronic device is operating in a multiplexed mode, performing a first procedure including;

demultiplexing an incoming multiplexed stream of the first video and the second video that is received as a phone call;

displaying the first video on the first touchscreen display;

displaying the second video on the second touchscreen display;

multiplexing first video data from a first camera on the first device portion of the electronic device and second video data from a second camera on the second device portion of the electronic device into an outgoing multiplexed stream; and

when the electronic device is operating in a detailed mode, performing a second procedure including;

displaying data on the first touchscreen display;

displaying the data on the second touchscreen display such that the data is concurrently displayed on both the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display;

receiving user input on the first touchscreen display to manipulate the displayed data;

while receiving the user input on the first touchscreen display, displaying the manipulated data on the second touchscreen display but not on first touchscreen display; and

after the user input on the first touchscreen is completed, displaying the manipulated data on the first touchscreen display such that the manipulated data is concurrently displayed on both the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the stream comprises a video stream from a pair of conference call video cameras.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stream comprises a video stream from a pair of security cameras.

4. A control circuit implementing the method of claim 1.

5. The control circuit of claim 4, further comprising a video stream input interface.

6. The control circuit of claim 4, further comprising:

a first touchscreen interface; and

a second touchscreen interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising positioning the electronic device in a closed position, wherein in the closed position, the first device portion and the second device portion are back-to-back such that the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display face outward.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising physically separating the first device portion and the second device portion.

9. A method of displaying content on an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first touchscreen display on a first device portion of the electronic device and a second touchscreen display on a second device portion of the electronic device, wherein the first device portion and the second device are detachably coupled, the method comprising the steps:

concurrently displaying a first view of the content on each of the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display;

receiving a user input on the first touchscreen display, wherein the user input received on the first touchscreen display is distinguished from user inputs received on the second touchscreen display and is associated with a visual manipulation of the first view of the content;

automatically generating a second view of the content in response to the user input received on the first touchscreen display, wherein the second view of the content is a different view of the content than the first view of the content;

displaying the second view of the content on the second touchscreen display while the first view of the content is concurrently being displayed on the first touchscreen display;

receiving a user input on the second touchscreen display, wherein the user input received on the second touchscreen display is an input to expand the size of a selected picture;

automatically generating a display information in response to the user input received on the second touchscreen display; and

displaying the display information on the first touchscreen display, wherein the display information is an expanded version of the selected picture according to the user input received on the second touchscreen display, wherein during the user input on the second touchscreen display, displaying on the first touchscreen an outline of a frame indicating the amount of expansion of the size of the selected picture, and the display information is displayed on the first touchscreen display without the outline of the frame after the user input on the second touchscreen display is completed.

10. A control circuit implementing the method of claim 9.

11. The control circuit of claim 10, further comprising:

a first touchscreen display interface; and

a second touchscreen display interface.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying the second view of the content on the first touchscreen display after the second view of the content is displayed on the second touchscreen display.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first view of the content displayed on the first touchscreen display is an inbox of an email application, wherein the user input received on the first touchscreen display is a selection of an email message to view, and wherein the second view of the content displayed on the second touchscreen display is the inbox of the email application with a portion of the inbox corresponding to the selected email message visually distinguished from the rest of the inbox to indicate the selection, and further comprising displaying a detailed view of the selected message on the second touchscreen display after the second view of the content is displayed in the second touchscreen display.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying the detailed view of the selected message on the first touchscreen display after the detailed view of the selected message is displayed on the second touchscreen display.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first view of the content displayed on the first touchscreen display is a directory displaying information representing a plurality of pictures, wherein the user input received on the first touchscreen display is a selection of one of the pictures for display, and further comprising displaying the selected picture on the second touchscreen display.

16. A method of displaying content on an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a first touchscreen display on a first device portion of the electronic device and a second touchscreen display on a second device portion of the electronic device, wherein the first device portion and the second device are detachably coupled, the method comprising the steps:

concurrently displaying a first view of the content on each of the first touchscreen display and the second touchscreen display;

receiving a user input on the first touchscreen display, wherein the user input received on the first touchscreen display is distinguished from user inputs received on the second touchscreen display and is associated with a visual manipulation of the first view of the content;

automatically generating a second view of the content in response to the user input received on the first touchscreen display, wherein the second view of the content is a different view of the content than the first view of the content;

when the user input on the first touchscreen display is being received, displaying the second view of the content only on the second touchscreen display while concurrently displaying the first view of the content only on the first touchscreen display; and

when the user input on the first touchscreen display is completed, displaying the second view of the content on the first touchscreen display after the second.