US Patent 9880729 Provision of extended content on a flexible display

Facilities are provided herein for invoking and providing an extended display on a flexible display of a computer system. Flexion being applied to a flexible display of a computer system is detected, the flexible display displaying primary content thereon, and the flexion including a bend in the flexible display along a bend line defining first and second regions of the flexible display. It is determined whether the detected flexion satisfies a threshold level of flexion for providing an extended display on the flexible display. If so, an extended display is provided on the flexible display, in which at least some of the primary content is displayed on the first region of the flexible display extended content is displayed on the second region of the flexible display.