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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pilar Ariella Strutin-Belinoff, Oakland, CA (US);

Benjamin Andrew Rottler, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gregory Robert Arroyo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Itai Vonshak, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a split-screen user interface for a computer device. According to one embodiment, a primary application is displayed on a display associated with the computing device in a first viewing mode. Upon receiving a request from the user to launch to a split-screen operating mode for enabling simultaneous display of multiple applications, the first viewing mode is transitioned to a split-screen view such that the primary application is shown within a first display area and a plurality of applications are shown within a second display area adjacent to the first display area.


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