Utilization of the screen image information of a primary environment for reproduction and user-interaction in a secondary environment
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMITSUHIRO YAMAZAKI, SEIICHI KAWANO
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for switching between a primary computing environment and a secondary computing environment without changing the layout of a graphical user interface and a background display of the apparatus. A switching system switches operation between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment, switches a screen item between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment, and permits one of the primary and the secondary computing environments to go into a sleep state.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a primary computing environment;
- a secondary computing environment;
- and
- a switching system that:
- switches operation of the apparatus between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment;
- switches a screen item between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment;
- and
- permits one of the primary and the secondary computing environments to go into a sleep state.
A method comprising:
- switching operation between a primary computing environment and a secondary computing environment;
- switching a screen item between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment;
- and
- permitting one of the primary and the secondary computing environments to go into a sleep state.
A computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:
- computer program code configured to switch operation between a primary computing environment and a secondary computing environment;
- computer program code configured to switch a screen item between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment;
- and
- computer program code configured to permit one of the primary and the secondary computing environments to go into a sleep state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.