System and method for using single-display application programs on a multi-display device

System and method for using single-display application programs on a multi-display device

A system and method is provided for, on a multi-display touch screen apparatus executing a single-display application program, establishing an interface between the multi-display touch screen apparatus and the single-display application program, the interface comprising a virtual display and virtual...

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Hauptverfasser: Graf, Knut, Aurongzeb, Deeder M, Cox, Claude L, Welker, Mark W, Sanaullah, Abu S
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method is provided for, on a multi-display touch screen apparatus executing a single-display application program, establishing an interface between the multi-display touch screen apparatus and the single-display application program, the interface comprising a virtual display and virtual sensors, obtaining sensor data from physical sensors of the multi-display touch screen apparatus, providing at least a first subset of the sensor data to the single-display application program via the virtual sensors of the interface, specifying to the single-display application program virtual display parameters which emulate single display parameters of a single-display touch screen apparatus, receiving at the virtual display of the interface a window image to be displayed from the single-display application, and displaying the window image on at least a first one of multiple displays of the multi-display touch screen apparatus.