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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Bryan C. Schultz, Marion, IA (US);
Colin D. Reed, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David L. Leedom, Center Point, IA (US);
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bryan C. Schultz, Marion, IA (US);
Colin D. Reed, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David L. Leedom, Center Point, IA (US);
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing format and display configuration selection includes a display device, a user interface device, and a computer control system communicatively coupled to the display device and the user interface device, wherein the computer control system is configured to initiate a display format selection menu in a display area of the display device, wherein the display format selection menu includes an application menu area, a display configuration area, and an application configuration preview area, select an application from the application menu area, select a display configuration from the display configuration area, generate a multi-application display preview by displaying the one or more selected applications in a configuration defined by the selected display configuration in the application preview area, and implement the previewed multi-application display in response to a signal received from the user interface device indicative of acceptance of the previewed multi-application display.