Multiscreen phone emulation
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1. A computer system comprising:
- a dock, the dock physically connected to a multi-display device and to a computer display;
the multi-display device comprising;
a first display that actively displays a first user interface, wherein the first display is a first physical screen;
a second display that actively displays a second user interface, wherein the second display is a second physical screen physically coupled to the first physical screen;
a device processor in communication with the first and second displays, the device processor that;
executes a device operating system;
executes three or more applications on the device, wherein a first application window is actively displayed in the first display, a second application window is actively displayed in the second display, and a third application window is inactive and not displayed; and
upon the multi-display device docking with the dock;
(1) turns off the first and second displays;
(2) enables display and input/output functions on the computer display;
(3) determines that the computer display is a single physical display; and
(4) separates logically a first portion of the computer display and a second portion of the computer display;
wherein the computer display;
in response to the docking, displays the first user interface and the first application window on the first portion of the computer display; and
in response to the docking, displays the second user interface and the second application window on the second portion of the computer display, wherein the third application window is not displayed on the computer display.
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Abstract
A computer system including a computer display; a computer processor, where the computer processor is running at least one computer operating system, where the at least one computer operating system communicably interfaces with a device operating system, where the device operating system resides on a device and the device includes a device processor and two or more device displays; and where the computer display mimics the two or more device displays.
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a dock, the dock physically connected to a multi-display device and to a computer display; the multi-display device comprising; a first display that actively displays a first user interface, wherein the first display is a first physical screen; a second display that actively displays a second user interface, wherein the second display is a second physical screen physically coupled to the first physical screen; a device processor in communication with the first and second displays, the device processor that; executes a device operating system; executes three or more applications on the device, wherein a first application window is actively displayed in the first display, a second application window is actively displayed in the second display, and a third application window is inactive and not displayed; and upon the multi-display device docking with the dock; (1) turns off the first and second displays; (2) enables display and input/output functions on the computer display; (3) determines that the computer display is a single physical display; and (4) separates logically a first portion of the computer display and a second portion of the computer display; wherein the computer display; in response to the docking, displays the first user interface and the first application window on the first portion of the computer display; and in response to the docking, displays the second user interface and the second application window on the second portion of the computer display, wherein the third application window is not displayed on the computer display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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executing, by a device processor of a multi-display device, a device operating system; displaying, by a first display of the multi-display device, a first user interface, wherein the first display is a first physical screen; displaying, by a second display of the multi-display device, a second user interface, wherein the second display is a second physical screen physically coupled to the first physical screen; executing, by the device processor, three or more applications on the device, wherein a first application window is actively displayed in the first display, a second application window is actively displayed in the second display, and a third application window is inactive and not displayed; physically docking the multi-display device with a computer display; upon docking, communicably interfacing the multi-display device with the computer display, the interfacing comprising; (1) turning off the first and second displays; (2) enabling display and input/output functions on the computer display; (3) determining that the computer display is a single physical screen; and (4) separating the computer display into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and second portion are logically separated; after docking, displaying the first user interface and the first application window on the first portion of the computer display; and after docking, displaying the second user interface and the second application window on the second portion of the computer display, wherein the third application window is not displayed on the computer display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a computer processor, of a computer system, to run at least one computer operating system, wherein the computer operating system communicably interfaces with a device operating system, wherein the computer system comprises a computer display having a first portion and a second portion logically separated, wherein the device operating system resides on a device comprising a device processor, a first display actively displaying a first user interface and a first application window, wherein the first display is a first physical screen, and a second display actively displaying a second user interface and a second application window, wherein the second display is a second physical screen physically coupled to the first physical screen, wherein the device processor is executing a third application, wherein the third application is inactive and not displayed on the device, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to determine that the computer system has physically docked with the device; in response to the docking, instructions to; (1) turn off the first and second displays; (2) enable display and input/output functions on the computer display; (3) determine that the computer display is a single physical screen; (4) separate logically the first portion and the second portion of the computer display; in response to the docking, instructions to display the first user interface and a first application window on the first portion of the computer display, wherein the first display is turned off upon docking; and in response to the docking, instructions to display the second user interface and a second application window on the second portion of the computer display, wherein the second display is turned off upon docking, and wherein the third application window is not displayed on the computer display.
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