US 12,073,067 B2
User interface transitions and optimizations for foldable computing devices
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US); Peter Hammerquist, Shoreline, WA (US); Ryan Pendlay, Bellevue, WA (US); Albert Peter Yih, Seattle, WA (US); Lauren Edelmeier, Seattle, WA (US); Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, Seattle, WA (US); and Diego David Baca Del Rosario, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,537.
Application 17/480,537 is a continuation of application No. 17/478,590, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Application 17/480,537 is a continuation of application No. 16/726,181, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,127,321.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,201, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0005388 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04845 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
displaying, in a first application window, a list of selectable items adjacent to first content associated with a first selectable item in the list of selectable items, wherein the first application window is displayed in a first display region of a foldable computing device while the foldable computing device is in an unbent posture;
detecting a selection of a second selectable item from the list of selectable items;
in response to detecting the selection of the second selectable item, displaying, adjacent to the list of selectable items, second content associated with the second selectable item;
detecting that the foldable computing device has transitioned from the unbent posture to a bent posture thereby causing the first display region to be divided into a second display region and a third display region separated by an artificial hardware seam;
responsive to detecting that the foldable computing device has transitioned from the unbent posture to the bent posture:
displaying the list of selectable items in a second application window in the second display region, wherein the second application window is displayed in a windowed state such that the second application window is smaller than the second display region; and
displaying the second content associated with the second selectable item in a third application window in the third display region, wherein the third application window is displayed in the windowed state such that the third application window is smaller than the third display region.