Patent ID: 9417836
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing an interaction of screens in at least two devices, which, when combined, expand a display area in different alignments and orientations, the method comprising: detecting, by the at least two devices, a contact between the at least two devices; automatically selecting which device of the at least two devices will be designated as a primary device such that the primary device and a secondary device are designated, based on at least one of a processing power, a screen dimension, a screen proportion, a screen resolution, and a predefined user preference of each of the at least two devices; receiving, by the at least two devices, the designation of the primary device and the secondary device; exchanging, by the at least two devices, messages with each other containing information regarding the contact between the at least two devices specifying the contact side of each device and the screen orientation of each device; updating an image on a screen of the primary device to display a partial area of the image in an orientation aligned with the image prior to the detecting the contact between the at least two devices, based on the exchanged information; and updating an image on a screen of the secondary device to display a partial area of the image also in the orientation aligned with the image prior to the detecting the contact between the at least two devices, based on the exchanged information, wherein the screen of the primary device and the screen of the secondary device together display and rotate the images as a compound image on a compound screen.