IP Library Granted Patent US 7,242,369
Granted Patent B2
US 7,242,369 · App. 10/904,134 · Granted Jul 10, 2007

Method of displaying text on multiple display devices

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Patent No.
US 7,242,369
App. No.
10/904,134
Granted
Jul 10, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of displaying text on multiple display devices. The multiple display devices include a master device with a master display and at least one slave device with a slave display. The method includes establishing communication between the master device and the slave device, dividing the text into a first part and a second part based on a first display dimension of the master display and a second display dimension of the slave display, transmitting the second part to the slave device, and simultaneously displaying the first part on the master display and the second part on the slave display. For each individual row of text that is displayed on both the master display and the slave display, a fraction of text is displayed on the master display and a remaining fraction of text is displayed on the slave display.

Claims (35)

1. A method of displaying text on multiple display devices, the multiple display devices comprising a master device with a master display and at least one slave device with a slave display, the method comprising:

establishing communication between the master device and the slave device;

dividing the text into a first part and a second part based on a first display dimension of the master display and a second display dimension of the slave display;

transmitting the second part to the slave device; and

simultaneously displaying the first part on the master display and the second part on the slave display;

wherein for each individual row of text that is displayed on both the master display and the slave display, a fraction of text is displayed on the master display and a remaining fraction of text is displayed on the slave display,

wherein the master display has N number of rows, the slave display has Q number of rows, and the number of rows of the first display dimension and that of the second display dimension is chosen from the smaller of N and Q, wherein N and Q are both positive integers.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting dimensions of the slave display to the master device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein if a scroll up or scroll down button on either the master device or the slave device is pressed, a new page of text is displayed on the master display and the slave display.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the master device and the slave device communicate serially.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein a wired cable connects the master device to the slave device to facilitate serial communication.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the master device communicates with the slave device through a wireless serial connection.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the master device and the slave device are selected from a group consisting of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a personal computing device.

8. A method of displaying text on multiple display devices, the multiple display devices comprising a master device with a master display and at least one slave device with a slave display, the method comprising:

establishing communication between the master device and the slave device;

dividing the text into a first part and a second part based on a first display dimension of the master display and a second display dimension of the slave display;

transmitting the second part to the slave device; and

simultaneously displaying the first part on the master display and the second part on the slave display;

wherein each individual row of text is displayed in combination on both the master display and the slave display, and a fraction of text is displayed on the master display and a remaining fraction of text is displayed on the slave display,

wherein individual rows of text comprise M characters displayed on the master display and P characters displayed on the slave display, M and P being unequal positive integers, and each character of text is displayed on one colunm of a either the master display or the slave display,

wherein the master display has N number of rows, the slave display has Q number of row, and the number of row of the first display dimension and that of the second display dimension is chosen from the smaller of N and Q, wherein N and Q are both positive integers.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting dimensions of the slave display to the master device.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the master device dividing the text into the first part and the second part comprises:

setting a number of columns of text that the master display is capable of displaying to be equal to M;

setting a number of rows of text that the master display is capable of displaying to be equal to N;

setting a number of columns of text that the slave display is capable of displaying to be equal to P;

setting a number of rows of text that the slave display is capable of displaying to be equal to Q, wherein M, N, P, and Q are all positive integers;

setting a smaller of N and Q to be equal to C for representing the number of rows of text that the master display and the slave display are capable of displaying in combination;

setting a difference of N and Q to be equal to R for representing a remaining number of rows on either the master display or the slave display that will not be used to display text in combination with the other of the master display and the slave display; and

displaying M characters of text on the master display and P characters of text on the slave display for each of C rows of text.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein if a scroll up or scroll down button on either the master device or the slave device is pressed, a new page of text is displayed on the master display and the slave display.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the master device and the slave device communicate serially.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein a wired cable connects the master device to the slave device to facilitate serial communication.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the master device communicates with the slave device through a wireless serial connection.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein the master device and the slave device are selected from a group consisting of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a personal computing device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2008
From: BENQ CORPORATION
To: QISDA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020723/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2004
From: HUANG, FU-YUAN
To: BENQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015283/0943 →