Smartpad screen management

摘要

A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the device. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.

主权项

1. A smartpad comprising:
a screen; a display; and a gesture capture area, wherein the smartpad is dockable with a device, the device having two connected screens, wherein the smartpad is capable of displaying content from one or more of the two connected screens on the device on the display based on a set of rules, wherein a portrait or a landscape orientation of the smartpad is detected by the device and the content is displayed on the display of the smartpad in a certain orientation based on input from an accelerometer on the device regarding whether the smartpad is in the portrait or the landscape orientation.