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US 2014/0211408 A1Published application
Disable Home Key
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
InventorsMichael Delpier, Kevin L. Massaro, Stacy L. Wolff
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Abstract
A docking station can be coupled to a tablet computing device. A tablet computing device can include a home key that is disabled when the tablet is connected to the docking station. The docking station can include a release to separate the tablet computing device from the docking station.
Claims20
A computing system comprising:
- a tablet computing device;
- a docking station to couple to the tablet computing device;
- a home key;
- a release, in the docking station, to separate the tablet computing device from the docking station;
- and
- a controller in the tablet computing device to disable the home key if the tablet computing device is connected to the docking station.
3 more elements
A computing device comprising:
- a tablet computing device;
- a docking station to couple to the tablet computing device;
- a home key;
- a release, in the docking station, to separate the tablet computing device from the docking station;
- and
- a controller in the tablet computing device to disable the home key if the tablet computing device is connected to the docking station and the release is activated.
3 more elements
A method of disabling a home key comprising:
- detecting that a tablet computing device comprising the home key is attached to a docking station;
- and
- preventing the tablet computing system from displaying the home screen when the home key is activated and the tablet computing device is attached to the docking station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.