Methods and systems for controlling window minimization and maximization on a mobile device

A mobile device comprising:

• one or more screens comprising a first touch sensitive display area and a second touch sensitive display area;
• a processor coupled with the one or more screens;
• and
• a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to control display of windows on the one or more screens by:
• receiving a command to minimize or maximize two or more windows displayed by the mobile device, the two or more windows comprising at least a parent window and a child window of an application executing one the mobile device;
• receiving an orientation of the mobile device;
• determining if the command is a minimize command or the command is a maximize command;
• if the command is the minimize command and the received orientation is a portrait orientation:
• selecting a first touch sensitive display area of the mobile device for displaying the parent window in a minimized size, and
• ceasing to display the child window on a second touch sensitive display area of the mobile device;
• if the command is the maximize command and the received orientation is the portrait orientation:
• selecting the first touch sensitive display area for displaying the parent window in a maximized size, and
• causing the child window to be displayed on the second touch sensitive display area in the maximized size;
• if the command is the minimize command and the received orientation is a landscape orientation:
• selecting the first touch sensitive display area of the mobile device for displaying the parent window in the minimized size;
• and
• displaying a desktop of the mobile device on the second touch sensitive display area of the mobile device;
• and
• if the command is a maximize command and the received orientation is the landscape orientation:
• displaying the parent window in both the first touch sensitive display area and the second touch sensitive display area in a maximized size.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to control display of windows on one or more screens of a mobile device by:

• receiving a command to minimize or maximize two or more windows displayed by the mobile device, the two or more windows comprising at least a parent window and a child window of an application executing one the mobile device;
• receiving an orientation of the mobile device;
• determining if the command is a minimize command or the command is a maximize command;
• if the command is the minimize command and the received orientation is a portrait orientation:
• selecting a first touch sensitive display area of the mobile device for displaying the parent window in a minimized size, and
• ceasing to display the child window on a second touch sensitive display area of the mobile device;
• if the command is the maximize command and the received orientation is the portrait orientation:
• selecting the first touch sensitive display area for displaying the parent window in a maximized size, and
• causing the child window to be displayed on the second touch sensitive display area in the maximized size;
• if the command is the minimize command and the received orientation is a landscape orientation:
• selecting the first touch sensitive display area of the mobile device for displaying the parent window in the minimized size;
• and
• displaying a desktop of the mobile device on the second touch sensitive display area of the mobile device;
• and
• if the command is a maximize command and the received orientation is the landscape orientation:
• displaying the parent window in both the first touch sensitive display area and the second touch sensitive display area in a maximized size.