Patent ID: 8583491

Claim:
A display, comprising: a surface having a continuous touch screen display for use by at least two users simultaneously; and a computer in communication with the continuous touch screen display, the computer being configured to reconfigure the continuous touch screen display from an initial configuration into a different configuration, each configuration corresponding to a numerical value, a user being able to input a numerical value in the initial configuration, a numerical value of one corresponding to a single screen and a numerical value of greater than one corresponding to a number of independent sub-screens equal to the numerical value, a user being able to change the numerical value, and, when the numerical value is larger than one, an area of the touch screen display occupied by a sub-screen is determined in accordance with the numerical value such that as the numerical value increases, an area occupied by each individual sub-screen decreases, the computer being configured to allow a user using a first sub-screen to select one of a plurality of media files or run distinct applications within at least one sub-screen of the number of sub-screens through touch inputs within the first sub-screen.