Display of a virtual keyboard on a supplemental physical display plane surrounding a primary physical display plane on a wearable mobile device

A computer system

• comprising:
• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising:
• establishing, on at least one supplemental physical display plane of a smartwatch wearable mobile device, a plurality of virtual display planes, the plurality of virtual display planes being different from each other, the smartwatch comprising a primary physical display plane and the at least one supplemental physical display plane, the at least one supplemental physical display plane at least partially surrounding the primary physical display plane, wherein the primary physical display plane and the at least one supplemental physical display plane are different physical display devices, each supplemental physical display plane of the at least one supplemental physical display plane being oriented at an angle with respect to the primary physical display plane;
• concurrently displaying primary content on the primary physical display plane and supplemental content on the plurality of virtual display planes of the at least one supplemental physical display plane, wherein the displaying the supplemental content comprises displaying a virtual keyboard on the plurality of virtual display planes, wherein the displaying the virtual keyboard comprises:
• grouping characters of an alphabet into a plurality of groups;
• displaying a group of characters, of the plurality of groups, on a first one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes;
• and
• establishing a plurality of virtual key interface elements on a second one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes, the first one or more virtual display planes being different from the second one or more virtual display planes, wherein each character of the group of characters is displayed in a respective position, of a plurality of positions, of the first one or more virtual display planes, the respective position corresponding to a respective virtual key interface element of a first group of virtual key interface elements of the plurality of virtual key interface elements such that selection of the respective virtual key interface element selects for input the character, of the group of characters, displayed in that position, wherein other virtual key interface elements of the plurality of virtual key interface elements established on the second one or more virtual display planes correspond to a scrolling action to scroll through, on the first one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes, the plurality of groups, wherein scrolling through the plurality of groups to scroll to another group of the plurality of groups displays each character of the other group in a respective position of the plurality of positions, wherein selection of the virtual key interface element corresponding to the respective position selects for input the character, of the other group of characters, displayed in that position;
• receiving touch sensor input from a touch sensor of the smartwatch and mapping the touch sensor input to at least one interface element of the supplemental content on the plurality of virtual display planes, wherein the smartwatch comprises a watch band and the touch sensor is built into a portion of the watch band, and wherein the receiving the touch sensor input comprises receiving multiple selections of multiple interface elements corresponding to alphabetic characters of the virtual keyboard, the multiple selections forming one or more words;
• and
• selecting the at least one interface element based on the mapping the touch sensor input to the interface element.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
• establishing, on at least one supplemental physical display plane of a smartwatch wearable mobile device, a plurality of virtual display planes, the plurality of virtual display planes being different from each other, the smartwatch comprising a primary physical display plane and the at least one supplemental physical display plane, the at least one supplemental physical display plane at least partially surrounding the primary physical display plane, wherein the primary physical display plane and the at least one supplemental physical display plane are different physical display devices, each supplemental physical display plane of the at least one supplemental physical display plane being oriented at an angle with respect to the primary physical display plane;
• concurrently displaying primary content on the primary physical display plane and supplemental content on the plurality of virtual display planes of the at least one supplemental physical display plane, wherein the displaying the supplemental content comprises displaying a virtual keyboard on the plurality of virtual display planes, wherein the displaying the virtual keyboard comprises:
• grouping characters of an alphabet into a plurality of groups;
• displaying a group of characters, of the plurality of groups, on a first one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes;
• and
• establishing a plurality of virtual key interface elements on a second one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes, the first one or more virtual display planes being different from the second one or more virtual display planes, wherein each character of the group of characters is displayed in a respective position, of a plurality of positions, of the first one or more virtual display planes, the respective position corresponding to a respective virtual key interface element of a first group of virtual key interface elements of the plurality of virtual key interface elements such that selection of the respective virtual key interface element selects for input the character, of the group of characters, displayed in that position, wherein other virtual key interface elements of the plurality of virtual key interface elements established on the second one or more virtual display planes correspond to a scrolling action to scroll through, on the first one or more virtual display planes of the plurality of virtual display planes, the plurality of groups, wherein scrolling through the plurality of groups to scroll to another group of the plurality of groups displays each character of the other group in a respective position of the plurality of positions, wherein selection of the virtual key interface element corresponding to the respective position selects for input the character, of the other group of characters, displayed in that position;
• receiving touch sensor input from a touch sensor of the smartwatch and mapping the touch sensor input to at least one interface element of the supplemental content on the plurality of virtual display planes, wherein the smartwatch comprises a watch band and the touch sensor is built into a portion of the watch band, and wherein the receiving the touch sensor input comprises receiving multiple selections of multiple interface elements corresponding to alphabetic characters of the virtual keyboard, the multiple selections forming one or more words;
• and
• selecting the at least one interface element based on the mapping the touch sensor input to the interface element.