Qualcomm Incorporated

Snaptrack Incorporated

Gregory Paul Heinzinger

Thomas J Chintala

Scott R Semenik

Jonathan Kies

Gianni Taraschi

Joel G Delman

Thomas G Fiske

Mark R Gartz

Clifton Eugene Scott

Samuel Jacob Horodezky

Matthew Brian Sampsell

Wilhelmus Adrianus De Groot

Mark Douglas Halfman

Jennifer Lee Gille

Brian Finkel

Mark Jerger

Douglas H Moe

Shiae Park

Jason C Baron

Xia Ren

Sriram Akella

Paul Barnier

Kam Cheong Anthony Tsoi

Kimberly Meyer Koro

Ramin Moallemi

Theodore Richard Santos, Ii

Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.

Display mode selection according to a user profile or a hierarchy of criteria

Methods are provided for effectively accessing and managing open applications on a mobile device. In response to an End key key-press event, an open application is terminated and another open application is promptly maximized. In an embodiment, another key may be pressed to access to an Applications Menu which indicates open applications. Open applications can be selected on the Applications Menu and selectively maximized or terminated. In an embodiment a key may be pressed to access an Open-Applications Menu which lists open applications. Open applications can be selected on the Open-Applications Menu and selectively maximized or terminated.

Methods for supporting multitasking in a mobile device

Portable phone

Portable electronic device

Growing community of inventors

Del Mar, CA, United States of America

Gregory Paul Heinzinger