Mobile device that docks with multiple types of docks
AssigneeZ124
InventorRichard Teltz
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Abstract
A multi-display device can interface with two or more different types of docking stations. The device can determine the type of dock and change the pin outs for a connector to interface with that dock. Once docked, the device can determine a charge status for the device and the dock to present the status to the user. Further, the dock can enter one of several modes, including a call receipt mode and an entertainment mode. The modes allow for expanded functionality for the device while docked. Two particular docks, the laptop dock and the smart dock, provide special functionality with the device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- providing a device;
- docking the device with a first dock;
- based on the first dock, providing a first configuration while docked;
- docking the device with a second dock;
- based on the second dock, providing a second configuration while docked, wherein the first and second configurations are different.
A device, comprising:
- a first screen;
- a second screen;
- a memory;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the first screen, and the second screen, the processor operable to:
- after docking with a first dock, receiving an first identifier for the first dock;
- based on the first identifier, providing a first configuration while docked;
- after docking with a second dock, receiving an second identifier for the second dock;
- and
- based on the second identifier, providing a second configuration while docked.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor of a device to execute a method for managing the docking of a device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- after docking with a first dock, instructions to receive a first identifier for the first dock on at least two pins of a connector associated with the device;
- based on the first identifier, providing a first configuration for the connector while docked with the first dock;
- after docking with a second dock, receiving an second identifier for the second dock on the at least two pins of the connector associated with the device;
- and
- based on the second identifier, providing a second configuration for the connector while docked with the second dock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.