Smart dock call handling rules

• US 10,652,383 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2018
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Selim, Mohammed
• Primary Examiner(s): Sitta, Grant
• Application Number:
  US15/890,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176360A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

docking a device comprising a first screen and a second screen into a dock, wherein a first speaker is attached to the dock;

receiving a phone call by the device;

in response to receiving the phone call, locking the first screen and the second screen of the device in a landscape mode and determining, by the device, if the dock is wirelessly connected to a peripheral device comprising a second speaker;

in response to determining that the dock is wirelessly connected to the peripheral device, the method comprises;

sending the phone call to the peripheral device, wherein the phone call may be conducted through the second speaker; and

in response to determining that the dock is not wirelessly connected to the peripheral device, the method comprises;

sending the phone call to the first speaker.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising undocking the device from the dock and, in response to undocking the device, returning the device to a state occupied by the device before being docked.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is wirelessly connected to the dock via a Bluetooth connection.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining the device is undocked.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the phone call is maintained while the device is undocked.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein behavior of the device when docking is governed by one or more docking rules stored on the device.

7. 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; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

while the device is docked with a dock attached to a first speaker, receiving a phone call;

in response to receiving the phone call, locking the first screen and the second screen of the device in a landscape mode and determining if the dock is wirelessly connected to a peripheral device comprising a second speaker;

in response to determining that the dock is wirelessly connected to the peripheral device;

sending the phone call to the peripheral device, wherein the phone call may be conducted through the second speaker; and

in response to determining that the dock is not wirelessly connected to the peripheral device;

sending the phone call to the first speaker.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise determining the device has been undocked from the dock and, in response to determining the device has been undocked, returning the device to a state occupied by the device before being docked.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the peripheral device is wirelessly connected to the dock via a Bluetooth connection.

10. The device of claim 8,

wherein the phone call is maintained while the device is undocked.

15. The device of claim 7, wherein behavior of the device when docking is governed by one or more docking rules stored on the device.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the one or more docking rules stored on the device indicate one or more windows should be displayed on the first screen when the device is docked.

11. 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 configured when executed by the processor to:

while the device is docked with a dock attached to a first speaker, receive a phone call;

in response to receiving the phone call, lock the first screen and the second screen of the device in a landscape mode and determine if the dock is wirelessly connected to a peripheral device comprising a second speaker;

in response to determining that the dock is wirelessly connected to the peripheral device;

send the phone call to the peripheral device, wherein the phone call may be conducted through the second speaker; and

in response to determining that the dock is not wirelessly connected to the peripheral device;

send the phone call to the first speaker.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further configured when executed by the processor to:

determine the device has been undocked from the dock; and

in response to determining the device has been undocked from the dock, return the device to a state occupied by the device before being docked.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the peripheral device is wirelessly connected to the dock via a Bluetooth connection.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12,

wherein the phone call is maintained while the device is undocked.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein behavior of the device when docking is governed by one or more docking rules stored on the device.