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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Kay Kittel, Poing, DE;
Klaus Lukas, Munich, DE;
Michael Lutzeler, Neubiberg, DE;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for managing a display device (DSP) of a portable communications device (MFG) having the following characteristics: said display device is used for displaying graphical subject matter, it also comprises a processing device (LAE) for carrying out first and second applications, each of which has an output subject matter. A control device (IM) for managing the graphical display surface of the display device is also provided, wherein the control device of the first application allocates a first display area and the control device of the second application allocates a second display area in such a way that no overlap of said display areas is produced, thereby avoiding the harmful influence of the first performed application on the second later invoked application.