Application management for multi-form factor information handling system (IHS)
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPhilip M. Seibert, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for application management for a multi-form factor Information Handing System (IHS) are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: produce a work area on a second display, wherein the second display is coupled to a first display via a hinge; detect that a keyboard is placed on the second display; and in response to the detection, reduce the work area into one or more areas unobstructed by the keyboard.
Claims20
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to:
- produce a work area on a second display, wherein the second display is coupled to a first display via a hinge;
- detect that a removeable keyboard is placed on top of the second display;
- and
- in response to the detection, reduce the work area on the second display into one or more areas unobstructed by the keyboard, wherein the location of the reduced work area on the second display depends on the location of the keyboard on the second display, and wherein the work area and the keyboard are concurrently accessible to a user of the IHS.
A method, comprising:
- producing a work area on a second display of an Information Handling System (IHS), wherein the second display is coupled to a first display via a hinge;
- detecting that a removeable keyboard is placed directly on the surface of second display;
- in response to the detection, reducing the work area on the second display into one or more areas unobstructed by the keyboard, wherein the location of the reduced work area on the second display depends on the location of the keyboard on the surface of the second display, and wherein the one or more areas unobstructed by the keyboard comprise at least one of:
- an application window or a touch bar area;
- determining that the keyboard is removed from the second display;
- and
- in response to the determination, restoring the work area on the second display.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
- produce a work area on a second display of the IHS, wherein the second display is coupled to a first display via a hinge;
- detect that a removable keyboard is placed directly on the surface of second display;
- in response to the detection, reduce the work area on the second display into one or more areas unobstructed by the keyboard, wherein the work area and the keyboard are concurrently visible to the user;
- determine that the keyboard is removed from the second display;
- and
- in response to the determination, restore the work area on the second display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.