Patent ID: 11880626
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system, comprising:
a first mobile device having a first device touchscreen;
a second mobile device having a second device touchscreen, housing bezels of the respective first and second mobile devices positioned proximate to each other forming a combined display from the first and second device touchscreens; and
wherein the first mobile device is configured to:
recognize a first input gesture as a request to initiate pairing of the first mobile device with the second mobile device, wherein the first input gesture is a touch gesture partially received via the first device touchscreen and partially received via the second device touchscreen;
pair the first mobile device with the second mobile device in response to the first input gesture;
enable a cross-screen display of an interface on the first device touchscreen and on the second device touchscreen;
recognize a second input gesture as a request to display a split-screen view of an object, wherein the second input gesture is a second touch gesture partially received via the first device touchscreen and partially received via the second device touchscreen; and
in response to the recognition of the second input gesture, display the split-screen view.