Receiving phone calls with a dual screen phone in a single screen configuration

1. A method, comprising:

providing a multi-screen device, wherein the multi-screen device has a closed configuration with a primary screen and a secondary screen facing opposite directions and an open configuration with the primary screen and the secondary screen facing in a same direction, wherein a microphone or speaker are associated with the primary screen;

while the multi-screen device is in the closed configuration, displaying a window of an application on the secondary screen of the multi-screen device;

receiving a call on the multi-screen device;

displaying on the secondary screen of the multi-screen device an indication that the call has been received to alert a user to invert the multi-screen device; and

displaying, on the primary screen, a user interface that allows the user to answer the call.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication includes a message indicating to a user that the primary screen should be viewed.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a portion of the application window on the primary display.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the window comprises a minimized representation of the application window.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving input from the primary screen.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the input from the primary screen results in answering the call.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the input from the primary screen results in ending the call.

8. The method of claim 7 , in response to the input from the primary screen, moving the application window from the secondary screen to the primary screen.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to the input from the primary screen, changing the secondary screen to indicate that input is being received from the primary screen.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein changing the secondary screen comprises darkening at least a portion of the secondary screen.

11. A non-transitory and tangible computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:

providing a multi-screen device that has a closed configuration with a primary screen and a secondary screen facing opposite directions and an open configuration with the primary screen and the secondary screen facing in a same direction, wherein a microphone or speaker are associated with the primary screen;

operating the multi-screen device in a secondary single screen mode while in the closed configuration, wherein in the secondary single screen mode, a window of an application is displayed on the secondary screen of the multi-screen device and the primary screen of the multi-screen device is darkened;

receiving a call on the multi-screen device;

displaying on the secondary screen of the multi-screen device an indication that the call has been received;

displaying, on the primary screen, a user interface that allows the user to answer the call;

receiving input in the primary screen;

in response to receiving input in the primary screen, exiting the secondary single screen mode; and

in response to receiving input in the primary screen, entering a primary screen mode wherein the application window is moved from the secondary screen to the primary screen.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein input received by the primary screen results in answering the call.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein input received by the primary screen results in the call being canceled.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising: after exiting the secondary single screen mode, darkening the secondary screen.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising: after exiting the secondary single screen mode, displaying the application window of on the primary screen.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

after receiving the call, displaying a message indicating that the multi-screen device should be repositioned.

17. A dual screen communication device, comprising: a first touch sensitive display of a primary screen;

a second touch sensitive display of a secondary screen, wherein the dual screen communication device has a closed configuration with the primary screen and the secondary screen facing opposite directions and an open configuration with the primary screen and the secondary screen facing in a same direction, wherein a microphone or speaker are associated with the primary screen wherein, while in the closed configuration, only one of the primary screen or secondary screen can be viewed by a user;

a computer readable medium that stores computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:

while in the closed configuration, operating the dual-screen communication device in a primary single screen mode, wherein, in the primary single screen mode, a first window of a first application is displayed on a primary screen of a dual-screen communication device and at least a portion of the secondary screen of the dual-screen communication device is darkened;

receiving a first call on the dual-screen communication device;

displaying, on the primary screen, a user interface that allows the user to answer the first call;

receiving first input by the primary screen to end the call;

exiting the primary single screen mode;

while in the closed configuration, operating the dual-screen communication device in a secondary single screen mode, wherein in the secondary single screen mode, a second window of a second application is displayed on the secondary screen and at least a portion of the primary screen is darkened;

receiving a second call on the dual-screen communication device;

in response to receiving the second call:

displaying, on the secondary screen of the dual-screen communication device, an indication that the second call has been received;

displaying, on the primary screen of the dual-screen communication device, the user interface that allows the user to answer the second call;

receiving a second input by the primary screen; and

in response to receiving the second input by the primary screen, exiting the secondary single screen mode, wherein the second application window is moved from the secondary screen to the primary screen.

18. The device of claim 17 , further comprising: after exiting the secondary single screen mode, operating the dual-screen communication device in the primary single screen mode.

19. The device of claim 17 , further comprising: after exiting the secondary single screen mode, displaying the second window of the second application on the primary screen.

20. The device of claim 17 , further comprising: in response to receiving the second call, displaying a message indicating that the dual-screen communication device should be repositioned.