Peripheral device for processing data from a computing device
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1. A system comprising:
- a computing device; and
, a peripheral device communicatively coupled to the computing device and having a processor to process a primary functionality of the peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device receives at least one of data and commands from the computing device for processing by the processor to perform functionality on the at least one of data and commands unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device.
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Abstract
A system comprises a computing device and a peripheral device. The peripheral device is communicatively coupled to the computing device, and has a processor to process a primary functionality of the peripheral device. The peripheral device receives at least one of data and commands from the computing device for processing by the processor to perform functionality on the at least one of data and commands unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device.
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30 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a computing device; and
,a peripheral device communicatively coupled to the computing device and having a processor to process a primary functionality of the peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device receives at least one of data and commands from the computing device for processing by the processor to perform functionality on the at least one of data and commands unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A peripheral device comprising:
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a processor for executing instructions received from a computing device to increase processing power available to the computing device, wherein the instructions are unrelated to a primary functionality of the peripheral device; and
,a storage mechanism on which the computing device stores the data and commands, and from which the computing device retrieves results of processing the data and commands by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A peripheral device in communication with a computing device, the peripheral device comprising:
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means for providing a primary functionality of the peripheral device for the computing device; and
,means for processing primary functionality data and commands received from the computing device and for processing additional data and commands received from the computing device to perform functionality unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device for the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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transferring data from a computing device to a peripheral device, the data being unrelated to primary functionality of the peripheral device;
processing the data by a processor of the peripheral device to increase available processing power of the computing device and to perform functionality on the data unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device; and
,sending processed data from the peripheral device to the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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coupling a peripheral device to a remotely located computing device;
sending primary functionality data and commands from the computing device to the peripheral device, wherein the primary functionality data and commands relate to a primary functionality of the peripheral device;
distributing processing tasks from the computing device to the peripheral device by sending additional data and commands from the computing device to the peripheral device, wherein the additional data and commands are unrelated to the primary functionality of the peripheral device; and
,providing a processor of the peripheral device that is capable of processing primary functionality data and commands received from the computing device, and that is capable of processing the additional data and commands received from the computing device to decrease processing tasks designed for the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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