SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RESOURCES AND INTERACTIVITY IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS

• US 20120173732A1
• Filed: 01/02/2012
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATD Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: ATD Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Sullivan, Jason A.
• Application Number:
  US13/342,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173732A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/183 Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means for buses G06F13/409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1635 Stackable modules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Systems and methods for distributing computing resources utilize a base module having certain processing resources. A peripheral module is communicatively connected to the base module and is configured to utilize processing resources of the base module using one or more input/output devices connected to the peripheral module. The peripheral module uses a minimum of power, utilizes only enough computing resources to pass input/output signals between the input/output devices at the peripheral module and the base module, and provides access to an additional session of the operating system of the base module without requiring that a separate instance of the operating system be loaded into memory of the base module. The peripheral module may serve essentially as an intelligent mounting bracket.

Claims

1. An intelligent mounting bracket comprising:

a structural shell configured to be mounted to an underlying surface and to securely hold a mounted item; and

a computer system contained within the structural shell and configured to distribute processing resources from a remote computer system to one or more computer resources proximate to the mounting bracket.

2. A system for distributing computing resources comprising:

a base module having certain processing resources; and

a peripheral module communicatively connected to the base module and configured to utilize processing resources of the base module using one or more input/output devices connected to the peripheral module, whereby the peripheral module facilitates a user'"'"'s opening a session on the base module while using less than ten watts of power for the peripheral module itself.

3. A system for distributing computing resources comprising:

a base module having certain processing resources; and

a peripheral module communicatively connected to the base module and configured to utilize processing resources of the base module using one or more input/output devices connected to the peripheral module, wherein the peripheral module utilizes only enough computing resources to pass input/output signals between the input/output devices at the peripheral module and the base module.

4. A system for efficiently managing and distributing computing resources comprising:

a base module having certain processing resources and providing a first user with a graphical user interface providing access to a first session of an operating system of the base module; and

a peripheral module communicatively connected to the base module and providing a second user with a graphical user interface providing access to a second session of the operating system of the base module without requiring that a separate instance of the operating system be loaded into memory of the base module.