Unified desktop docking behavior for visible-to-visible extension
OwnerPaul E. Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal +2inventors
InventorsPaul E. Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Alexander de Paz, Martin Gimpl
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Abstract
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a device, wherein the device displays a first window before the device is docketed;
- providing a computer system;
- docking the device to the computer system to form a unified system;
- generating a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes at least a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, and wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment;
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- in response to the docking, displaying the first window on the second user interface.
A unified system, comprising:
- a computer system comprising:
- a first screen;
- a processor;
- a memory
- a device comprising:
- a second screen;
- a second memory;
- a second processor;
- wherein the device is docked with the computer system to form the unified system, the device is operable to move an application window, displayed previously on the second screen, to the first screen.
The unified system 11, wherein a first rule is associated with changes in the display of the application window on the device after docking the device, wherein the first rule is associated with the application window that was displayed on the device before docking.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- upon docking a device with a computer system, instructions to generate a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, and wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment;
- based on the docking, instructions to move an application window, displayed previously on the first user interface from the second user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.