Information system with detachable information module
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJessica Postma, Jason T. Griffin, James C. Infanti, Mihal Lazaridis
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Abstract
An information system includes a first module and a second module that interoperate over first and second communication ports. Interoperation over the first and second communication ports provides the first module access to functions and features of the second module, and likewise provides the second module access to functions and features of the first module. The first and second modules may be further operable to communicate over first and second networks, respectively.
Claims54
An information system, comprising:
- a portable module comprising a first communication port, a first processing subsystem, and a first memory subsystem for storing data, the portable module operable to perform a first set of functions and communicate over a first communication network;
- and
- a base module comprising a second communication port, the base module operable to perform a second set of functions;
- wherein the portable module and the base module interoperate the first set of functions and the second set of functions over the first and second communication ports.
An information system, comprising:
- a portable module comprising a first communication port, a first processing subsystem, and a first memory subsystem for storing data, the portable module operable to perform a first set of functions;
- and
- a communication device comprising a second communication port and operable to perform a second set of functions and communicate over a first communication network;
- wherein the portable module and the communication device interoperate the first set of functions and the second set of functions when communicating over the first and second communication ports.
In a system comprising a communication module operable to communicate over a first communication network and a data module operable to store data, a method comprising the steps of:
- executing first functions on the communication module;
- executing second functions on the data module;
- establishing a communication link between the communication module and the data module;
- and
- interoperating the first functions of the communication module and the second functions of the data module through the communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.