Automatic Home Screen Determination Based on Display Device

• US 20160196048A1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Khoury, Issa Yousef, Mikkola, Petteri Jussinpoika, Gbadegesin, Abolade
• Granted Patent: US 10,073,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A mobile computing device, such as a smartphone or tablet device, can be coupled to any one or more of multiple display devices at any given time. The mobile computing device allows the home screen displayed on the display devices to be dynamic, changing based on which display device the mobile computing device is coupled to. The mobile computing device can also be coupled to multiple different display devices concurrently, and different home screens are concurrently displayed on those different display devices. User inputs changing the information displayed on the home screen can also be received, and a record of the change is maintained by the computing device so the changed home screen for a particular display device is again displayed to the user the next time the mobile computing device is coupled to that display device.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

determining an identifier of a display device to which the mobile computing device is coupled;

displaying a home screen on the display device, the home screen having a state based on the identified display device;

receiving user input changing the state of the home screen, the changing including changing the user experience presented by the home screen;

saving, by the mobile computing device, the changed state of the home screen; and

displaying, in response to the mobile computing device being subsequently coupled to the display device, the home screen having the changed state.

2. The method of claim 1, the determining the identifier of the display device comprising determining the identifier of the display device based on a configuration value provided by the display device, the configuration value identifying a type of the display device or a specific display device.

3. The method of claim 1, the determining the identifier of the display device comprising determining the identifier of the display device based on a context or characteristics of the display device.

4. The method of claim 1, the determining the identifier of the display device comprising determining the identifier of the display device based on a user input specifying a type of the display device or a specific display device.

5. The method of claim 1, the changing the user experience presented by the home screen including rearranging representations of functionality on the home screen, the representations of functionality comprising one or more representations selected from the group including:

tiles, icons, and menu items.

6. The method of claim 1, the identifier of the display device comprising an identifier of a type of the display device.

7. The method of claim 1, the identifier of the display device comprising an identifier of a specific display device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an identifier of an additional display device to which the mobile computing device is coupled;

displaying, concurrently with displaying the home screen on the display device, an additional home screen on the additional display device, the additional home screen having a state based on the identified additional display device; and

controlling by the mobile computing device the home screen and the additional home screen independently of one another.

9. A method implemented in a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

displaying a first home screen on a first display device of multiple display devices, the first home screen having a state based on an identifier of the first display device;

displaying, concurrently with displaying the first home screen on the first display device, a second home screen on a second display device of the multiple display devices, the second home screen having a state based on an identifier of the second display device; and

controlling by the mobile computing device the first home screen and the second home screen independently of one another.

10. The method of claim 9, the identifier of the first display device comprising an identifier of a type of the first display device, and the identifier of the second display device comprising an identifier of a type of the second display device.

11. The method of claim 9, the identifier of the first display device comprising an identifier of a specific display device that is the first display device, and the identifier of the second display device comprising an identifier of a specific display device that is the second display device.

12. The method of claim 9, the first display device comprising a desktop monitor and the second display device comprising a display device included in the mobile computing device.

13. The method of claim 9, the first display device comprising a display device included in the mobile computing device and the second display device comprising an automobile display device.

14. The method of claim 9, the controlling including controlling how notifications are displayed on the first display device and the second display device, notifications being displayed differently on the first display device than on the second display device.

15. The method of claim 9, the controlling including controlling how additional content is displayed on the first display device and the second display device, the additional content being displayed differently on the first display device than on the second display device.

16. A mobile computing device comprising:

an automatic home screen determination system configured to;

determine a first home screen for display on a first display device of multiple display devices, the first home screen having a state based on an identifier of the first display device, and

determine a second home screen for display on a second display device of the multiple display devices, the second home screen having a state based on an identifier of the second display device; and

an output module configured to concurrently display the first home screen on the first display device and the second home screen on the second display device, and control the first home screen and the second home screen independently of one another.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 16, the automatic home screen determination system being further configured to:

receive a first user input changing the state of the first home screen;

save the changed state of the first home screen;

determine, as the first home screen for display on the first display device in response to the mobile computing device being subsequently coupled to the first display device, the first home screen with the changed state;

receive a second user input changing the state of the second home screen;

save the changed state of the second home screen; and

determine, as the second home screen for display on the second display device in response to the mobile computing device being subsequently coupled to the second display device, the second home screen with the changed state.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 16, the identifier of the first display device comprising an identifier of a type of the first display device, and the identifier of the second display device comprising an identifier of a type of the second display device.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 16, the identifier of the first display device comprising an identifier of a specific display device that is the first display device, and the identifier of the second display device comprising an identifier of a specific display device that is the second display device.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 16, the automatic home screen determination system being further configured to control whether notifications are displayed on the first display device and the second display device as well as how notifications are displayed on the first display device and the second display device, notifications being displayed differently on the first display device than on the second display device.