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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Sanjiv Sirpal, Oakville, CA;
Paul E. Reeves, Oakville, CA;
Alexander DE Paz, Burlington, CA;
Eduardo Diego Torres Milano, Oakville, CA;
Jared L. Ficklin, Austin, TX (US);
Denise Burton, Austin, TX (US);
Gregg Wygonik, Austin, TX (US);
Sanjiv Sirpal, Oakville, CA;
Paul E. Reeves, Oakville, CA;
Alexander de Paz, Burlington, CA;
Eduardo Diego Torres Milano, Oakville, CA;
Jared L. 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 yet 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 miming simultaneously. One user gesture launches an applications management window that provides visual indications of all applications and desktops running at the time. Other gestures rearrange the order of the applications and desktops in the window stack. One particular gesture drags a selected application or desktop appearing in the applications management window to a selected screen.