WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS

1 . A method, comprising:

providing a device having at least first and second screens, wherein the device executes a phone application, and wherein the phone application is in an in-call mode;

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

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

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

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein in the first user interface presents the same content on the first or second screen.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a desktop is presented on the second screen in the first display mode.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the phone application remains in a single application mode during the change in the display for the user.

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

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein, in the in-call mode, the device is conducting an outgoing call, and in-coming call, or a previously made call.

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 or either the first screen or the second screen.

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 first user interface in the second screen.

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 first screen displays an in-call user interface and the second screen displays a desktop;

a memory;

a processor;

a phone application program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the phone application is in an in-call mode, 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 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 a first user interface in a second screen while in the second display mode.

13 . The device of claim 11 , further comprising:

the phone application program further operable to:

receive an input for the phone application program;

in response to the input, send a second manifest to the multi-display management module, the second manifest providing a second preferred display mode; and

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

present only the first user interface in the first display mode, wherein the first user interface is provided on the first screen.

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 portrait orientation with the first screen displays a window for the phone application, and wherein the second display mode is a dual display mode in portrait orientation with the second screen displays the 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 an in-call 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 portrait 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 first screen and a desktop for the second 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 first screen or 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 the second display mode, instructions to create a second display binding;

instructions to receive the second display binding; and

instructions to present the first user interface on the second screen.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first user interface is a call information window for an in-process call.