Patent ID: 9046992
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising: providing a hand held device having two displays, wherein the displays are physically attached but movable with respect to each other, wherein when the hand held device is folded, the two displays face in substantially opposite directions and, when the hand held device is open, the displays face in a substantially same direction, wherein the first display includes a first gesture sensor and a first touch sensitive display within a boundary of a first bezel, and wherein the second display includes a second gesture sensor and a second touch sensitive display within a boundary of a second bezel, wherein the first and second gesture sensors accept touch input but do not display information on the first or second displays; executing an application on said handheld computing device such that a screen of said application is displayed in the first touch sensitive display; receiving a first gesture input at the first or second gesture sensor of said handheld computing device, wherein the first and second gesture sensors are physically separate from the first and second touch sensitive displays; modifying the first and second touch sensitive displays in response to the first gesture input such that the screen is displayed in at least a second touch sensitive display of the plurality of touch sensitive displays, wherein if the first gesture input were received in the first or second touch sensitive display, a different response would occur, and wherein at least one of the following is true: (a) the first gesture input is directional, the second touch sensitive display is located in a direction with respect to the first touch sensitive display corresponding to the direction of the first gesture, the screen occupies a single touch sensitive display and said modifying includes moving the screen from the first touch sensitive display to the second touch sensitive display, and the modifying includes revealing an underlying screen in the first touch sensitive display and obscuring another screen in the second touch sensitive display, (b) the first gesture input is directional, the second touch sensitive display is located in a direction with respect to the first touch sensitive display corresponding to the direction of the first gesture, the application is expandable to occupy the first and second touch sensitive displays and the modifying includes expanding the application such that one or more screens corresponding to the application occupy both the first touch sensitive display and the second touch sensitive display, and the expanding includes scaling the application to occupy the first and second touch sensitive display, or (c) the modifying includes constrained movement of the screen linearly between the first touch sensitive display and the second touch sensitive display.