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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Sanjiv Sirpal, Oakville, CA;
Paul Edward Reeves, Oakville, CA;
Alexander DE Paz, Burlington, CA;
Eduardo Diego Torres Milano, Oakville, CA;
Jared Ficklin, Austin, TX (US);
Denise Burton, Austin, TX (US);
Gregg Wygonik, Austin, TX (US);
Sanjiv Sirpal, Oakville, CA;
Paul Edward Reeves, Oakville, CA;
Alexander de Paz, Burlington, CA;
Eduardo Diego Torres Milano, Oakville, CA;
Jared Ficklin, Austin, TX (US);
Denise Burton, Austin, TX (US);
Gregg Wygonik, Austin, TX (US);
Z124, George Town, KY;
Abstract
A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Selected desktops and/or running applications are displayed on dual screen displays. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. User gestures rearrange the order of the applications and desktops in the window stack. One embodiment provides an annunciator display or window extending across both screens in a dual screen configuration of the device. The annunciator window provides alerts, notifications, and statuses of the device in an increased area thereby enhancing viewability of information in the window.