Modular electronic devices with contextual task management and performance
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1. A computer-implemented method for contextual task management, the method comprising:
- identifying, by an electronic device, a plurality of computing tasks to be performed, wherein the electronic device is physically movable between a plurality of different locations by a user of the electronic device, and wherein a plurality of different and dynamically-changing ad hoc combinations of devices are respectively available at the plurality of different locations;
determining, by the electronic device, a plurality of required sets of computing resources respectively required to perform the plurality of computing tasks; and
for each of two or more locations of the plurality of different locations and while the electronic device is respectively present at each of the two or more locations;
determining, by the electronic device, a current set of computing resources that are currently available to the electronic device at such location via the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location;
comparing, by the electronic device, the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources;
identifying, by the electronic device, at least one computing task that is currently performable based on the comparison of the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources; and
causing, by the electronic device, performance of the at least one performable computing task by the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides modular electronic devices that are capable of managing task performance based on a particular context of computing resources currently available from the ad hoc combination of devices.
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1. A computer-implemented method for contextual task management, the method comprising:
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identifying, by an electronic device, a plurality of computing tasks to be performed, wherein the electronic device is physically movable between a plurality of different locations by a user of the electronic device, and wherein a plurality of different and dynamically-changing ad hoc combinations of devices are respectively available at the plurality of different locations; determining, by the electronic device, a plurality of required sets of computing resources respectively required to perform the plurality of computing tasks; and for each of two or more locations of the plurality of different locations and while the electronic device is respectively present at each of the two or more locations; determining, by the electronic device, a current set of computing resources that are currently available to the electronic device at such location via the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location; comparing, by the electronic device, the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources; identifying, by the electronic device, at least one computing task that is currently performable based on the comparison of the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources; and causing, by the electronic device, performance of the at least one performable computing task by the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17)
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10. An electronic device, comprising:
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at least one processor; wherein the electronic device is physically movable between a plurality of different locations by a user of the electronic device; wherein a plurality of different and dynamically-changing ad hoc combinations of devices are respectively available at the plurality of different locations; and wherein the electronic device is configured to; identify a plurality of computing tasks to be performed; determine a plurality of required sets of computing resources respectively required to perform the plurality of computing tasks; and for each of two or more locations of the plurality of different locations and while the electronic device is respectively present at each of the two or more locations; sense a current set of computing resources that are currently available to the electronic device at such location via the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location; compare the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources; identify at least one computing task that is currently performable based on the comparison of the current set of computing resources to the plurality of required sets of computing resources; and cause performance of the at least one performable computing task by the respective dynamically-changing ad hoc combination of devices available at such location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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