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US 10,884,573 B2Granted
User interfaces for multiple displays
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJohn O. Louch, Raymond S. Sepulveda, Kristin M. Forster
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Abstract
A set of user interfaces for a data processing system that operates with two or more display devices coupled to the system. In one embodiment, in response to moving a first window between two displays, the first window is displayed, as it straddles the two displays, differently on the two displays. For example, while a reference point (e.g. a cursor) on the window remains on a first display, a first portion of the window on the first display is displayed normally while a second portion on the second display is displayed with more translucence (more transparency) than the first portion; when the references point crosses to the second display, the first portion becomes more translucent than the second portion.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- at an electronic device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more input devices, that is in communication with a first display device and a second display device:
- concurrently displaying a first system interface element that includes one or more status indicators in a first appearance mode on the first display device and a second system interface element that includes the one or more status indicators in a second appearance mode different from the first appearance mode on the second display device, wherein the first appearance mode is associated with a first translucency value, and wherein the second appearance mode is associated with a second translucency value that corresponds to a greater translucency than the first translucency value;
- while concurrently displaying the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device, detecting an input directed to a respective display device;
- and
- in response to detecting the input:
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the first display device, maintaining display of the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the second display device, concurrently displaying the first system interface element in the second appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the first appearance mode on the second display device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable program instructions, which, when executed by a data processing system with one or more input devices, a first display device, and a second display device, cause the data processing system to:
- concurrently display a first system interface element that includes one or more status indicators in a first appearance mode on the first display device and a second system interface element that includes the one or more status indicators in a second appearance mode different from the first appearance mode on the second display device, wherein the first appearance mode is associated with a first translucency value, and wherein the second appearance mode is associated with a second translucency value that corresponds to a greater translucency than the first translucency value;
- while concurrently displaying the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device, detect an input directed to a respective display device;
- and
- in response to detecting the input:
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the first display device, maintain display of the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the second display device, concurrently display the first system interface element in the second appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the first appearance mode on the second display device.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- one or more input devices;
- a first display device;
- a second display device;
- one or more processors;
- and
- non-transitory memory storing executable program instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
- concurrently display a first system interface element that includes one or more status indicators in a first appearance mode on the first display device and a second system interface element that includes the one or more status indicators in a second appearance mode different from the first appearance mode on the second display device, wherein the first appearance mode is associated with a first translucency value, and wherein the second appearance mode is associated with a second translucency value that corresponds to a greater translucency than the first translucency value;
- while concurrently displaying the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device, detect an input directed to a respective display device;
- and
- in response to detecting the input:
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the first display device, maintain display of the first system interface element in the first appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the second appearance mode on the second display device;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that respective display device corresponds to the second display device, concurrently display the first system interface element in the second appearance mode on the first display device and the second system interface element in the first appearance mode on the second display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.