Digital mobile planner

• US 20060183505A1
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Willrich Scott Consulting Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Willrich Scott Consulting Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Willrich, Candace Yvette
• Application Number:
  US11/353,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20060183505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0256 wherein the modules are operable in the detached state, e.g. one module for the user interface and one module for the transceiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

A handheld electronic device (201) is provided. The device comprises (a) first (207) and second (209) displays; (b) a first processor adapted to run an operating system on the first display; and (c) a second processor capable of executing an operating system on the second display independently of the first processor.

Claims

1. A handheld electronic device, comprising:

first and second displays;

a first processor configured to be operable for executing a first operating system (OS), said first processor and said electronic device being configured to be operable for displaying said executed first OS on said first display; and

a second processor configured to be operable for executing a second operating system (OS), said second processor and said electronic device being configured to be operable for displaying said executed second OS on said second display.

2. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which the execution of said first OS on said first processor is independent of the execution of said second OS on said second processor.

3. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which the execution of said first OS on said first processor is at least partially independent of the execution of said second OS on said second processor.

4. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

an instance of said first OS, said electronic devices being configured to execute said first OS on said first processor and display execution of a first graphical user interface (GUI) thereof on said first display; and

an instance of said second OS, said electronic device being configured to execute said second OS on said second processor and display execution of a second GUI thereof on said second display.

5. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said electronic device is adapted to distribute a computational load across said first and second processors.

6. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said electronic device is adapted to utilize said second microprocessor in multitasking operations on one or more programs being executed on said first display when said second display is inactive.

7. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said first and/or second display is a touch-sensitive display.

8. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of panel means for providing a structural housing for at least one of said processors and/or at least one of said displays and/or a keyboard; and

means for movably and foldablely joining said plurality of panel means together.

9. The handheld electronic device of claim 8, further comprising:

at least one additional display, which is either configured into at least one of said panel means, or achieved by partitioning said first or second displays into said at least one additional display; and

a plurality of additional processor, each configured to control a respective display and optionally a portion of a common display.

10. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, further comprising means for making at least one of said displays into a display that is comprised as a non-obtrusive part of said electronic device.

11. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising keyboard means for enabling the alphanumeric data input to said electronic device, said keyboard means being configured with means for making said keyboard means into a keyboard that is comprised as a non-obtrusive part of said electronic device.

12. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said first and second displays are rotateably joined together such that they may be rotated into a back-to-back configuration.

13. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said first and second displays are part of a single display assembly having a front face comprising said first display and a back face comprising said second display.

14. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising software code stored on a storage medium which causes one of said processors to display on a first portion each of said displays common content, and display content in second portion said second display that is not displayed in said first display.

15. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, in which said electronic device is configured to be capable of coordinating at least some of said displays to act as units of a single, larger display in the rendering displayed images.

16. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising computing system and display means for generating and displaying images on a plurality of displays.

17. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, further comprising means for a user to input data to said handheld electronic device and/or to interact with at least said first and/or second GUI.

20. The computing system of claim 19, further comprising:

a plurality of panel means for providing a structural housing for said processor means and/or said display means and/or said data input means; and

means for movably and foldablely joining said plurality of panel means together.

18. A method of displaying images on a portable electronic device having a plurality of displays, the method comprising:

Steps for generating images to be displayed on at least some of said plurality of displays; and

Steps for displaying and coordinating images displayed on at least some of said plurality of displays.

19. A computing system having a plurality of displays, the system comprising:

processing means for executing at least one operating system and/or associated software application(s);

means for generating images for display on a plurality of displays;

display means for displaying on a plurality of displays images generated by said image generating means; and

means for a user to input data to said computing system and/or to interact with said at least one operating system and/or associated software application(s).