Systems and methods for communicating between components in a hybrid environment

A method comprising:

• communicating information through one or more communication links between:
• a base device having one or more processors and a first operating system;
• and a display device having one or more processors and a second operating system;
• running a server module on one of the display device and the base device, the server module configured to provide a communication interface with one of the display device and the base device;
• and
• running a client module on the other of the display device and the base device, the client module configured to communicate with the server module;
• wherein responsive to mechanically coupling the display device to the base device, the base device controls the display device through communications transmitted from the client module to the server module.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code that communicates information through one or more communication links between:
• a base device having one or more processors and a first operating system;
• and a display device having one or more processors and a second operating system;
• computer readable program code that runs a server module on one of the display device and the base device, the server module providing a communication interface with one of the display device and the base device;
• computer readable program code that runs a client module on the other of the display device and the base device, the client module communicating with the server module;
• and
• computer readable program code that transmits communications from the client module to the server module, the base device controlling the display device through the communications responsive to mechanically coupling the display device to the base device.