DESKTOP APPLICATION MANAGER: CARD DRAGGING OF DUAL SCREEN CARDS - SMARTPAD
Methods and devices for selecting a card from an application stack, wherein the card represents a corresponding application that a user would like to make active or bring focus to. The selecting includes one or more of a dragging and a tapping action, with these actions being triggers for transitioning the device to an optional drag state or tapped state, respectively. Transitioning through this state executes the activating of a corresponding application or other action on the device to facilitate window/application/desktop management. The selecting further allows a user to specify which a touch screen (or portion hereof) on which a particular application should be launched.
1 . A method, in a smartpad that includes a multi-screen user device, comprising:
detecting, in an application tray by a processor, a tap on a card or a selection of and a dragging motion for the card, the card representing at least one application in a window stack;
detecting a release or a dropping motion; and
activating an application corresponding to the tapped or selected card in a drop zone, wherein the drop zone is a portion of a touch sensitive display on the smartpad.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing an indication that the selected card is in the drop zone.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a drop zone based at least on a rule.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising hiding the application tray after completion of the activating.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application tray includes representations of applications running on the multi-screen user device.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dragging motion is a result of a user bringing a body part into contact with the touch sensitive display and subsequent movement and the tapping is a user bringing a body part into contact with the touch sensitive display.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a card representing a desktop is drug from the application tray to display the desktop and wherein a card representing a desktop is tapped resulting in the display of the desktop.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of dual screen cards and single screen cards are present in the application tray.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps are performed in a portrait dual mode, a landscape dual mode, a portrait single mode, a landscape single mode, a portrait tablet dual mode, a portrait tablet single mode, a landscape tablet dual mode or a landscape tablet single mode.
10 . A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor, cause to be performed the steps in claim 1 .
11 . A system including a smartpad and multi-screen user device comprising:
a touch sensitive display and processor that:
detect, in an application tray by a processor, a tap on a card or a selection of and a dragging motion for the card, the card representing at least one application in a window stack;
detect a release or a dropping motion; and
activate an application corresponding to the tapped or selected card in a drop zone, wherein the drop zone is a portion of a touch sensitive display on the smartpad.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein an indication is provided that the selected card is in the drop zone.
13 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising an application manager that selects a drop zone based at least on a rule.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the application tray is hidden after completion of the activating.
15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the application tray includes representations of applications running on the multi-screen user device.
16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the dragging motion is a result of a user bringing a body part into contact with the touch sensitive display and subsequent movement and the tapping is a user bringing a body part into contact with the touch sensitive display.
17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein a card representing a desktop is drug from the application tray to display the desktop or wherein a card representing a desktop is tapped resulting in the display of the desktop.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein one or more of dual screen cards and single screen cards are present in the application tray.
19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the steps are performed in a portrait dual mode, a landscape dual mode, a portrait single mode, a landscape single mode, a portrait tablet dual mode, a portrait tablet single mode, a landscape tablet dual mode or a landscape tablet single mode.
20 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising an application manager governing the display of information in the application tray.