UNIFIED DESKTOP INPUT SEGREGATION IN AN APPLICATION MANAGER

• US 20160110076A1
• Filed: 10/19/2015
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Reeves, Paul E., Sirpal, Sanjiv, de Paz, Alexander, Gimpl, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,678,411 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents a new user interface to allow access to functions of the unified desktop.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

21. A method, comprising:

providing a device, the device displaying windows of open device-focused applications;

providing a computer system, the computer system displaying windows of open computer system-focused applications;

docking the device to the computer system to form a unified system;

generating a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes at least a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, wherein the unified desktop displays windows of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications;

receiving a first user interface input on the first user interface;

in response to receiving the first user interface input, displaying a first application manager interface on the first user interface, wherein the first application manager interface displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications;

receiving a second user interface input, wherein the second user interface input reorders the one or more application representations in the first application manager interface; and

receiving a third user interface input, wherein the third user interface input changes a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application, and wherein a window of the computer-system application moves from the second user interface to the first user interface.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein after the docking, the device controls the computer system, and wherein the second user interface input changes the display of one or more windows of the applications displayed in the second user interface.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

before receiving the second user interface input, receiving a fourth user interface input on the second user interface; and

in response to receiving the fourth user interface input, displaying a second application manager interface on the second user interface, wherein the second application manager interface also displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications, and wherein second user interface input also reorders the one or more application representations in the second application manager interface.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the second user interface input is an input into a touch sensitive display of the device.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the second user interface input is an input into a gesture capture region of the device.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein one or more windows displayed on the first user interface are associated with the device-focused applications and one or more windows displayed on the second user interface are associated with the computer system-focused applications.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the unified desktop prevents the second user interface input from changing a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the third user interface input changes the display of the application representations in the first application manager interface.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the third user interface input is a drag and drop operation from the second user interface to the first user interface.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein a fifth user input reorders the one or more application representations in the second application manager interface and the one or more applications, associated with the one or more application representations, in a window stack associated with the first user interface, wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of active and inactive windows of applications associated with the device.

31. A unified system, comprising:

a device comprising;

a first screen;

a first memory;

a first processor;

a computer system comprising;

a second screen;

a second memory;

a second processor, wherein the device is docked with the computer system to form the unified system;

wherein the unified system is configured to;

display windows of open device-focused applications on a first user interface associated with the device and computer system-focused applications on a second user interface associated with the computer system;

receive a first user interface input on the first user interface;

in response to receiving the first user interface input, display a first application manager interface on the first user interface, wherein the first application manager interface displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications;

receive a second user interface input, wherein the second user interface input reorders the one or more application representations in the first application manager interface; and

receive a third user interface input that changes a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application, wherein a window of the computer-system application moves from the second user interface to the first user interface.

32. The unified system of claim 31, further comprising:

before receiving the second user interface input, receive a fourth user interface input on the second user interface; and

in response to receiving the fourth user interface input, display a second application manager interface on the second user interface, wherein the second application manager interface also displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications, wherein the second user interface input changes the display of one or more windows of the applications displayed in the second user interface, and wherein second user interface input also reorders the one or more application representations in the second application manager interface.

33. The unified system of claim 31, wherein the second user interface input is one of an input into a touch sensitive display of the device or an input into a gesture capture region of the device.

34. The unified system of claim 33, wherein one or more windows displayed on the first user interface are associated with the device-focused applications and one or more windows displayed on the second user interface are associated with the computer system-focused applications, and wherein the unified desktop prevents the second user interface input from changing a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application.

35. The unified system of claim 34, wherein the third user interface input changes the display of the application representations in the first application manager interface, and wherein the fourth user interface input is a drag and drop operation from the second user interface to the first user interface.

36. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

upon docking a device with a computer system, instructions to generate a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, wherein the unified desktop displays windows of open device-focused applications on the first user interface and computer system-focused applications on the second user interface;

instructions to receive a first user interface input on the first user interface;

in response to receiving the first user interface input, instructions to display a first application manager interface on the first user interface, wherein the first application manager interface displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications;

instructions to receive a second user interface input, wherein the second user interface input reorders the one or more application representations in the first application manager interface; and

instructions to receive a third user interface input that changes a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application.

37. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

instructions to receive a fourth user interface input, before receiving the second user interface input, on the second user interface; and

in response to receiving the fourth user interface input, instructions to display a second application manager interface on the second user interface, wherein the second application manager interface also displays one or more application representations of the device-focused applications and the computer system-focused applications, wherein the second user interface input changes the display of one or more windows of the applications displayed in the second user interface, and wherein second user interface input also reorders the one or more application representations in the second application manager interface.

38. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein the second user interface input is one of an input into a touch sensitive display of the device or an input into a gesture capture region of the device.

39. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein one or more windows displayed on the first user interface are associated with the device-focused applications and one or more windows displayed on the second user interface are associated with the computer system-focused applications, and wherein the unified desktop prevents the second user interface input from changing a computer system-focused application to a device-focused application.

40. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein the third user interface input changes the display of the application representations in the first application manager interface, and wherein the fourth user interface input is a drag and drop operation from the second user interface to the first user interface.