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EXTENDING DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY AMONGST INDUCTIVELY LINKED DEVICES

  • US 20100131691A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2009
  • Published: 05/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A docking station for a computing device, the docking station comprising:

  • a housing comprising a receiving surface to receive and retain a mobile computing device;

    an inductive signal transfer interface to inductively signal at least one of power or data to the mobile computing device;

    an output component; and

    processing resources configured to;

    detect placement of the mobile computing device on the receiving surface;

    receive data from the mobile computing device; and

    signal an output to the output component based on the received data.

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