Prioritizing information when app display size is reduced
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJennifer J. Lee-Baron, Amy Leigh Rose, Nathan J. Peterson, Gary David Cudak, John Scott Crowe
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Abstract
An approach is provided that detects when multiple apps are being displayed on a display screen with each of the apps having any number of user interface controls. A set of user interface controls is identified from the user interface controls being displayed. The identified set of user interface controls have an increased display preference. The identified set of user interface controls are enlarged on the display screen making such controls easier to read and select.
Claims20
A method, implemented by a mobile information handling system comprising one or more processors, a memory accessible by at least one of the processors, and a display screen accessible by at least one of the processors, the method comprising:
- detecting that a plurality of apps are being displayed on the display screen, wherein each of the apps includes a plurality of user interface controls displayed on the display screen, wherein previously only one of the plurality of apps was displayed on the display screen;
- in response to the detecting:
- identifying a set of one or more user interface controls within the plurality of user interface controls, wherein each of the set of user interface controls has an increased display preference;
- and
- enlarging, on the display screen, each of the user interface controls included in the identified set of user interface controls, wherein at least one of the plurality of user interface controls that were not identified as having an increased display preference are displayed in a non-enlarged format.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
- a display screen accessible by at least one of the processors;
- and
- a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions comprising:
- detecting that a plurality of apps are being displayed on the display screen, wherein each of the apps includes a plurality of user interface controls displayed on the display screen, wherein previously only one of the plurality of apps was displayed on the display screen;
- in response to the detecting:
- identifying a set of one or more user interface controls within the plurality of user interface controls, wherein each of the set of user interface controls has an increased display preference;
- and
- enlarging, on the display screen, each of the user interface controls included in the identified set of user interface controls, wherein at least one of the plurality of user interface controls that were not identified as having an increased display preference are displayed in a non-enlarged format.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code that, when executed by an information handling system, executes actions comprising:
- detecting that a plurality of apps are being displayed on the display screen, wherein each of the apps includes a plurality of user interface controls displayed on the display screen, wherein previously only one of the plurality of apps was displayed on the display screen;
- in response to the detecting:
- identifying a set of one or more user interface controls within the plurality of user interface controls, wherein each of the set of user interface controls has an increased display preference;
- and
- enlarging, on the display screen, each of the user interface controls included in the identified set of user interface controls, wherein at least one of the plurality of user interface controls that were not identified as having an increased display preference are displayed in a non-enlarged format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.