Keyboard filling one screen or spanning multiple screens of a multiple screen device
US10528230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2356/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using all of one of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using portions of both of the screens. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information. In a portrait orientation, the virtual keyboard can span the two screens, such that a first portion of the first screen and a first portion of the second screen operate cooperatively to present the virtual keyboard.
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