WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS

1 . A method, comprising:

providing a device having at least first and second screens;

in a first display mode, presenting a first user interface for a phone application on a first screen, wherein the first display mode includes displaying content in a landscape orientation and displaying a second user interface on the first screen and a first user interface on the second screen;

receiving input from a user, wherein the input includes a change in the display for the phone application;

determining a second display mode, wherein the second display mode includes displaying content in a landscape orientation and displaying content on only the first screen;

in response to the input and the determination that the device is in a second display mode, presenting a first user interface on a first screen.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in the first user interface and the second user interface present different content.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second user interface is a child window of the first user interface.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the phone application remains in a single application mode during the change in the number of screens that are in view of the user.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the phone application is in a first application mode.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first application mode is a dialer mode.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the input is one of a flick or drag.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the flick or drag occurs in an off-screen gesture area.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

executing the phone application;

receiving a manifest;

setting a display binding for the phone application based on the first display mode; and

providing the display binding to the phone application.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

setting a second display binding in response to the input; and

providing the second display binding to the phone application to present the second user interface.

11 . A device, comprising:

a first screen, the first screen including a touch sensitive display area;

a second screen, the second screen including a touch sensitive display area, wherein in a first display mode the second screen displays a first user interface and the first screen displays a second user interface, and wherein in a second display mode only the first user interface is displayed in the second screen;

a memory;

a processor;

a phone application program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the application programming is operable to:

send a manifest to a multi-display management module, the manifest providing a preferred display mode;

receive a display binding, the display binding providing a first display mode; and

present the first user interface and the second user interface in the first display mode.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor receives a flick or drag in an off-screen gesture area and, in response to the flick or drag, sends a second display binding to the phone application, and wherein the phone application program is further operable to:

receive the second display binding, the second display binding providing a second display mode; and

present only a first user interface in the second display mode.

13 . The device of claim 11 , further comprising:

the phone application program further operable to:

maintain the phone application program in a dialer mode;

in response to receiving the display binding, provide a dial pad and a child window.

14 . The device of claim 11 , further comprising a multi-display management module operable to:

receive the manifest;

determine a display mode;

create the display binding; and

send the display binding to the phone application program.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the first display mode is a dual display mode in landscape orientation with the first and second screens displaying windows for the phone application, and wherein the second display mode is a dual display mode in landscape orientation with only the second screen displaying a window for the phone application.

16 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a user interface for a phone application, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

instructions to execute the phone application, wherein the phone application is in a dialer mode;

instructions to generate a manifest for the phone application, wherein the manifest provides a preferred display mode for the phone application;

instructions to receive the manifest;

instructions to determine a configuration for a device, wherein the configuration is open with at least two screens visible by a user and in landscape orientation;

instructions to determine a first display mode for the device;

instructions to create a display binding for the phone application;

instructions to send the display binding to the phone application; and

in response to determining the first display mode and receiving the display binding; instructions to generate a first user interface for a second screen and a second user interface for a first screen.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions to receive one of a flick or a drag in an off-screen gesture area of a second screen.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising, in response to receiving one of the flick or drag, instructions to switch to a second display mode.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising;

in response to switching to a second display mode, instructions to create a second display binding;

instructions to receive the second display binding; and

in the second display binding, instructions to present only a first user interface on the first screen.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the second user interface is not presented in the second display binding.