UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING BEHAVIOR WITH DEVICE AS MASTER

• US 20130080143A1
• Filed: 08/03/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Reeves, Paul E., Sirpal, Sanjiv, de Paz, Alexander, Gimpl, Martin
• Application Number:
  US13/566,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20130080143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents a unified system where the device is the master.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a device;

providing a computer system;

docking the device to the computer system to form a unified system;

generating a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes at least a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment, and wherein the device is master and the computer system is subordinated;

while docked, receiving a first event at the device, wherein the first event is associated with the computer system; and

the device processing the first event for the computer system; and

the device sending output associated with the first event to the computer system for display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first event is received at the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first event is a user interface input on the computer system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the computer system sends the first event to the device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the computer system displaying the output on the second user interface.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first event is intercepted in a memory stack for an operating system of the computer system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first event is received at computer system interface and processed by a second operating system executing on the device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the output is sent from the second operating system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the output is injected into the memory stack of the operating system of the computer system to direct the computer system to display the output.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first event is a user interface input that crosses the computer system and the device.

11. A unified system, comprising:

a computer system comprising;

a second screen;

a second memory;

a second processor;

a device comprising;

a first screen;

a first memory;

a first processor, wherein the device is docked with the computer system to form the unified system, the first processor is configured to;

execute a first and a second operating system;

wherein the first operating system processes events for the computer system; and

wherein the second operating system processes events for the device.

12. The unified system 11, wherein the device further comprises a computer system interface, the computer system interface configured to receive events associated with the compute system.

13. The unified system of claim 12, wherein the computer system interface is further configured to send output to the computer system.

14. The unified system of claim 13, wherein the first operating system is master over functions on the computer system.

15. The unified system of claim 14, wherein, after undocking, the first operating system stops executing.

16. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

upon docking a device with a computer system, instructions to generate a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, and wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment;

while docked, instructions to receive a first event at the device, wherein the first event is associated with the computer system; and

instructions to process the first event for the computer system; and

instructions to send output associated with the first event to the computer system for display.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the first event was received on the device.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions to execute a second operating system, the second operating system configured to receive the first event from a computer system interface in communication with the computer system.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions to send the output from the computer system interface to the computer system.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to execute a first operating system to process events associated with the device.