Gesture controlled screen repositioning for one or more displays

Abstract

Control of a computing device using gesture inputs. The computing device may be a handheld computing device with a plurality of displays. The displays may be capable of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). The plurality of displays may be modified in response to receipt of a gesture input such that the displays are changed from a first state to a second state. The change of the displays from the first state to the second state may include moving a GUI from a first display to a second display. Additionally, a second GUI may be moved from the second display to the first display. The gesture input may comprise multiple touches, such as a pinch gesture.

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         23 . A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:
 displaying a first screen in a first display of the plurality of displays when in a first display state;   receiving a first gesture input in a first off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein the first off display gesture area is associated with the first display;   receiving a second gesture input in a second off display gesture area of said handled computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input, and wherein the second off display gesture area is associated with a second display;   in response to receiving the first gesture input and the second gesture:
 determining that the first gesture and the second gesture are a single pinch gesture input, wherein a pinch gesture received in the first display or second display has a different function; 
 in response to the pinch gesture, modifying the plurality of displays from the first display state to a second display state; and 
 in response to the change to the second display state:
 displaying the first screen on the second display; and 
 changing a display on the first display, wherein the change to the first display is one of:
 displaying a desktop on the first display, wherein the desktop is uncovered when the first screen moves to the second display; or 
 displaying a second screen on the first display, wherein the second screen was previously displayed on the second display. 
 
 
   
     
     
         24 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the first gesture input is a drag gesture in a first direction. 
     
     
         25 . The method as recited in  claim 24 , wherein the second gesture input is a drag gesture in a second direction, and wherein said first direction and said second direction are opposite. 
     
     
         26 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein at least one of the first gesture input and second gesture input is received at a touch sensitive device. 
     
     
         27 . The method as recited in  claim 26 , wherein the first display and second display are provided on a single hardware screen. 
     
     
         28 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein a second screen is displayed in the second display when in the first display state and the first display when in the second display state. 
     
     
         29 . The method as recited in  claim 28 , wherein the first screen is associated with a first application executing on the handheld computing device and the second screen is associated with a second application executing on the handheld computing device. 
     
     
         30 . The method as recited in  claim 29 , wherein at least one of the first and second applications is a single screen application. 
     
     
         31 . The method as recited in  claim 30 , wherein at least one of the first and second applications is a multi screen application executing in a single screen mode. 
     
     
         32 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein a first desktop screen is displayed in the second display in the first display state and a second desktop screen is displayed in the first display in the second display state. 
     
     
         33 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the first gesture input is a touch input received at a first touch sensitive portion of said handheld computing device and the second gesture input is a touch input received at a second touch sensitive portion of said handled computing device. 
     
     
         34 . The method as recited in  claim 33 , wherein said first touch sensitive portion is associated with the first display to comprise a first touch screen display, and wherein said second touch sensitive portion is associated with a second touch sensitive display to comprise a second touch sensitive display. 
     
     
         35 . The method as recited in  claim 33 , wherein said first touch sensitive portion is disposed apart from said first display, and wherein said second touch sensitive portion is disposed apart from said second display. 
     
     
         36 . The method as recited in  claim 23 , wherein the plurality of displays comprise separate portions of a single display, wherein the first display corresponds with a first portion of the single display and the second display corresponds with a second portion of the single display. 
     
     
         37 . A handheld computing device, comprising:
 a processor;   a first display in operative communication with the processor and operable to display a first screen in a first display state;   a second display in operative communication with the processor;   a first gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a first gesture input, wherein the first off display gesture sensor is associated with the first display;   a second gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a second gesture input, wherein the second off display gesture sensor is associated with the second display;   wherein the processor is configured to:
 receive one or more of the first gesture input and the second gesture input; 
 determine if a first application is in a multi screen mode and displaying a first screen on the first display and a second screen on the second display, wherein the second screen is a child screen of the first screen; 
 if the first application is in a multi screen mode, ignore the received one or more of the first gesture input and the second gesture input; 
 determine if the first application is in a single screen mode and displaying a first screen on the first display and if a second application is in the single screen mode and displaying a third screen on the second display; and 
 if the first application is in a single screen mode and the second application is in the single screen mode, change to a second display state such that the first screen is displayed on the second display and the second screen is displayed on a first display in the second display state. 
   
     
     
         38 . The device as recited in  claim 37 , wherein a second screen is displayed on the second display in the first display state and the second screen is displayed on first display in the second display state. 
     
     
         39 . The method as recited in  claim 37 , wherein the first gesture sensor is first touch sensor during and the first display and the first touch sensitive device comprise a first touch screen display, and wherein the second gesture sensor is a second touch sensitive device, and the second display and the second touch sensitive device comprise a second touch screen display. 
     
     
         40 . The method as recited in  claim 39 , wherein the first display and second display are positionable with respect to each other between an open and a closed position. 
     
     
         41 . The method as recited in  claim 40 , wherein when in the open position, the first display and the second display are both visible from the vantage point of a user, and wherein when in the closed position only one of the first display and the second display are visible from the vantage point of a user. 
     
     
         42 . A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:
 displaying a first screen in a first display and a second screen in a second display, when the plurality of displays are in a first display state;   receiving a first gesture input in a first off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein the first off display gesture area is associated with the first display; and   receiving a second gesture input in a second off display gesture area of said handheld computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input, and wherein the second off display gesture area is associated with a second display;   in response to receiving the first gesture and the second gesture, modifying the plurality of displays from the first state to a second display state; and   wherein the first screen is displayed in the second display and the second screen is displayed in the first display when the plurality of displays are in the second display state.