Patent ID: 9001149
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A smartpad, comprising: a microprocessor; a computer readable memory operable to store software; a screen comprising a display; a screen mode selector that, when selected, enables a user to switch from a single application mode in which a common application is associated with all displayed and maximized window panes of information on the screen and a multi-application mode in which different first and second applications are associated respectively with at least first and second displayed and maximized window panes of information on the screen; and a focus indicator to identify which application is currently in focus by the user; wherein the screen is configured to operate in at least the following modes: a portrait single application mode, wherein the screen is in a portrait orientation and only one application is currently providing a maximized view, in portrait, for the display; a portrait multi-application mode, wherein the screen is in a portrait orientation and a plurality of applications are currently providing maximized views for the display; a landscape single application mode, wherein the screen is in a landscape orientation and only one application is currently providing a maximized view, in landscape, for the display; and a landscape multi-application mode, wherein the screen is in a landscape orientation and a plurality of applications are currently providing maximized views for the display; and wherein the user selects the screen mode selector to switch from the multi-application mode in which the first application is currently in focus as determined by the focus indicator and the second application is not currently in focus as determined by the focus indicator, to the single-application mode in which the in focus maximized first window pane of information is displayed but not the second window pane of information.