# US 2014/0191981 A1 · System and method to display contextual information on a handheld device having a secondary ambient display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191981 A1 - Document ID: US20140191981A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/829,192 - Filed: 2013-03-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Vaidyanathan Pallavur Ramasarma; Mithran Cheriyan Mathew - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191981A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1647: {including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/28: Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision - G06F 1/3218: of display devices - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)} - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04M 2250/16: including more than one display unit - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - Y02D 30/50: in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a display device that includes a first display and a second display. In one aspect, one or more sets of content may be generated or provided by one or more applications. Content may be prioritized within the sets of content or among the sets of content or both. Information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications may be rendered to one or more of a plurality of regions of the second display according to a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A handheld device, comprising: a first display; a second display; a processor; and a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being configured for: obtaining one or more sets of content generated or provided by one or more applications; prioritizing content at least one of within the sets of content or among the sets of content; and rendering information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications to one or more of a plurality of regions of the second display according to a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display; wherein the prioritizing is performed based, at least in part, upon historical information pertaining to feedback that has been received with respect to information that has previously been rendered to at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the second display is at least one of a reflective display or a touch-sensitive display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the second display is selected from a group consisting of: a bi-stable reflective display, an analog reflective display, and a single-mirror reflective display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, at least one of the processor or the memory being further configured for ascertaining a mapping between each of the at least one of the applications and a corresponding one of the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display, wherein the rendering is further performed in accordance with the mapping. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing includes performing one or more operations selected from a group consisting of: prioritizing the applications or the content types associated therewith and selecting the at least one of the applications for which to render information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing includes selecting or generating a mapping such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a corresponding one of the plurality of regions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The handheld device of claim 6, wherein selecting or generating the mapping includes ascertaining or establishing at least one of an optimal size or an optimal shape of at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display that is mapped to a corresponding one of the applications or content types associated therewith. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing includes at least one of: selecting at least a portion of one of the sets of content for which to render information, or selecting a physical configuration or order in which the at least a portion of the one of the sets of content or information associated therewith is to be rendered within one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing includes ascertaining a priority of two or more categories of content within one of the sets of content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the historical information indicates characteristics of the feedback that has been received with respect to the information that has previously been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display, wherein the characteristics indicate at least one of: a recency with which the feedback has been received with respect to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display, an amount of time that has lapsed between a first time at which the information was rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display and a second time at which the feedback with respect to the information that has previously been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display has been received, an amount of time spent viewing the information that has been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display, a percentage of the information that has been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed, or a depth within the information that has been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the historical information indicates whether feedback has been received with respect to the information that has previously been rendered to the at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the historical information is at least one of historical information stored in the memory of the handheld device or historical information pertaining to a particular user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, at least one of the processor or the memory being further configured for: obtaining feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display; and recording characteristics of the feedback such that the historical information is updated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The handheld device of claim 13, wherein obtaining the feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display includes performing at least one of: obtaining the feedback via the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display, obtaining the feedback via one or more input mechanisms of the handheld device, or detecting the feedback via one or more sensors of the handheld device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The handheld device of claim 13, wherein the characteristics of the feedback indicate at least one of: a recency with which the feedback has been obtained with respect to one of the plurality of regions of the second display, an amount of time that has lapsed between the rendering of the information to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display and a time that the feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display has been obtained, an amount of time spent by a user viewing the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display, a percentage of the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed, or a depth within the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing is performed via a machine learning algorithm, at least one of the processor or the memory being further configured for: obtaining feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display; and updating the machine learning algorithm based, at least in part, upon characteristics of the feedback. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The handheld device of claim 16, wherein the characteristics of the feedback used to update the machine learning algorithm include at least one of: whether feedback has been received with respect to the information that has been rendered to one of the plurality of regions of the second display, a recency with which the feedback has been obtained with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display, an amount of time that has lapsed between the rendering of the information to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display and a time that the feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display has been obtained, an amount of time spent by a user viewing the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display, a percentage of the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed, or a depth within the information that has been rendered to the one of the plurality of regions of the second display that the user has read or otherwise accessed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the prioritizing is performed, at least in part, upon user preferences. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications are installed on at least one of the handheld device or at least one other network device that is separate from the handheld device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the second display, the processor being configured to process image data. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The handheld device of claim 20, further comprising: a driver circuit configured to send at least one signal to the second display; and a controller configured to send at least a portion of image data to the driver circuit. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The handheld device of claim 20, further comprising: an image source module configured to send the image data to the processor, wherein the image source module comprises at least one of a receiver, transceiver, or transmitter. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The handheld device of claim 20, further comprising: an input device configured to receive input data and to communicate the input data to the processor. ### Claim 24 A method, comprising: obtaining one or more sets of content generated or provided by one or more applications; prioritizing content at least one of within the sets of content or among the sets of content; and rendering information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications to one or more of a plurality of regions of a second display of a handheld device in accordance with a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display; wherein the handheld device includes two or more displays including a first display and the second display; wherein the prioritizing is performed based, at least in part, upon historical information pertaining to feedback that has been received with respect to information that has previously been rendered to at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein rendering is performed by the handheld device, and wherein the obtaining and the prioritizing are performed by at least one other network device that is separate from the handheld device. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, wherein the one or more applications are installed on at least one of: the handheld device or at least one other network device that is separate from the handheld device. ### Claim 27 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions, comprising: instructions for identifying one or more sets of content generated or provided by one or more applications; instructions for prioritizing content at least one of within the sets of content or among the sets of content; and instructions for rendering information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications to one or more of a plurality of regions of a second display of a handheld device in accordance with a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display; wherein the handheld device includes two or more displays including a first display and the second display; wherein the prioritizing is performed based, at least in part, upon historical information pertaining to feedback that has been received with respect to information that has previously been rendered to at least one of the plurality of regions of the second display. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, further comprising: instructions for obtaining feedback with respect to the information that has been rendered to the one or more of the plurality of regions of the second display; and instructions for recording characteristics of the feedback such that the historical information is updated. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein prioritizing is performed based, at least in part, upon at least one of feedback received from a plurality of users or activity of a plurality of users. ### Claim 30 (depends on 27) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein prioritizing is performed based, at least in part, upon at least one of a popularity of the at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content or a popularity of the at least one of the applications.