DUAL SCREEN PC

• US 20120124648A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Flextronics ID LLC
• Inventors: Wu, Chun-Ting, Chuang, Chen-Pang
• Granted Patent: US 8,612,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips

Abstract

Systems for, and methods of, enabling selective control of resource of an electronic device having a display by a controlling electronic device having a display are disclosed. Selective control of the electronic device is implemented by the electronic device via a set of control permissions for a detected controlling device, based upon an identifier of the controlling device. A controlling device can be any electronic device having a processor, a memory, a display and a communication module. Enabling selective control of the display of an electronic device having a display, by a personal computer, enables the personal computer to operate as a dual screen personal computer.

Claims

1. A method of enabling selective control of a resource of an electronic device having a display comprising:

implementing, by the electronic device, a set of control permissions for a detected controlling device having a display, based on an identifier of the controlling device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a resource is one of a video resource, an audio resource, an input resource, and a charging resource.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a resource is the display on the electronic device, and the set of control permissions enables the controlling device to control the display on the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a resource is a charging resource on the electronic device, and the set of control permissions enables the controlling device to control the charging of the controlling device by the charging resource on the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of control permissions for the controlling device enables the controlling device to exclusively control a resource on the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, by a user of the electronic device, a set of control permissions for the controlling device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving a stored set of control permissions associated with the identifier of the controlling device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling selective control of a resource of the electronic device is independent of an application running on the controlling device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of sets of control permissions are associated with an identifier of the controlling device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a set of control permissions corresponds to a selective control mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a selective control mode is one of an audio mode, an audio-visual mode, an input mode, and a charging mode.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein a selective control mode is implemented on the electronic device based on the identifier of the detected controlling device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein audio-video selective control mode is implemented on the electronic device based on the identifier corresponding to a particular desktop computer controlling device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling device is detected and identified a first time during a coupling the electronic device with the controlling device, and subsequently the controlling device is detected and identified by communicating with the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

terminating the selective control of the electronic device by the electronic device.

16. A computer-readable medium programmed with instructions implementing a method of enabling, by an electronic device having a display, selective control of a resource of the electronic device comprising implementing, by the electronic device, a set of control permissions for a detected controlling device based on an identifier of the controlling device.

17. An electronic device comprising:

a. a processor;

b. a display;

c. an input device;

d. a communications module, and;

e. a computer-readable medium programmed with instructions for enabling selective control of a resource of the electronic device by implementing a set of control permissions for a detected controlling device having a display, based on an identifier of the controlling device.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, further comprising a means for coupling the electronic device to a controlling device.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the means for coupling further comprises a means for detecting the controlling device.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the means for coupling further comprises a means for identifying the controlling device.

21. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising a rechargeable power source.

22. A system comprising:

a first electronic device including a processor, a display, a communication module, an input device, and a memory programmed with instructions implementing a method of enabling, by the first electronic device, selective control of a resource of the first electronic device by a second electronic device in accordance with a set of control permissions associated with an identifier of the second electronic device;

a second electronic device including a processor, a display, a communication module, an input device, a memory, and an identifier;

means for the first electronic device to detect the presence of the second electronic device and to retrieve the identifier of the second electronic device; and

means for the first electronic device to retrieve a set of control permissions associated with the identifier of the second electronic device.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are each independently operable from the other.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the first electronic device is a tablet computer, the second electronic device is a desktop computer, detected and identified by the tablet computer, and the tablet computer implements a set of control permissions enabling selective control of the tablet computer display by the desktop computer.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the set of control permissions further enables selective control of the tablet computer audio by the desktop computer.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the first electronic device further comprises a means for charging the second device, and the set of control permissions enable the second device to selectively control the means for charging.