MULTIPLE SYSTEM INTEROPERABLE INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH UPGRADABLE, EXCHANABLE, AND USER REMOVABLE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CARD

• US 20150268788A1
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucan Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lucan Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Erdogan, Murat
• Application Number:
  US14/220,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20150268788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1422 Printed circuit boards receptacles, e.g. stacked structures, electronic circuit modules or box like frames

Abstract

A computer implemented method in conjunction with a touch screen companion computer device which provides an interactive graphical user interface interoperable with each of a plurality of computer systems and accommodates an upgradable, exchangeable, and user removable Central Processing Unit (CPU) Card that includes all major components such as the microprocessor, RAM, Flash Memory, all critical chips, SD card and SIMM Card Connectors and other critical components, a touch screen computer enclosure device which includes all major external connectors and hardware such as power connector, battery, Wireless radio Antennas, USB connectors, HDMI, the LCD and other common features, and one or more programs which detect wired or wireless connections, connected device types, active running applications on the remote connected plurality of computer devices, and configuring the touch screen companion device based on user preferences, predefined configurations, or configuration files provided by computer applications being used.

Claims

1. A companion computer device having touch screen which provides an interactive graphical user interface interoperable with each of a plurality of computer systems, said computer device comprising:

a main enclosure for housing plurality of computer components;

circuit boards containing major external connectors and hardware such as power connector, battery, Wireless radio Antennas, USB connectors, HDMI, the LCD and other common features, an opening adapted to receive at least one accessory CPU Card that includes all major components such as the microprocessor, RAM, Flash Memory, all critical chips, SD card and SIMM Card Connectors and other critical components being electrically connectable to the enclosure circuit boards by means of connectors and cables;

Connectable meaning electrically connecting at least one of the said CPU Card to said circuit boards containing common feature components, one or more programs, wherein one or more programs are stored in memory and configured to be executed by one or more microprocessors, the one and more programs including;

instructions for detecting the connection type between the companion device and the plurality of computer devices;

instructions for detecting operation mode as an input or companion device attached to a plurality of computer systems such as a laptop, desktop, phone, a tablet or simply a monitor;

a standalone tablet, a thin client tablet, a computer attached to a monitor or a thin client attached to a monitor;

instructions to divide the screen display in tiles to allow for concurrent execution of multiple programs or instructions in parallel;

instructions to allow for custom layout configuration of the said tiled or divided screen layouts;

instructions to share display of the companion computer device with a plurality of computer devices and to display the screen of the plurality of the computing devices on the touch screen display of the companion computer device, hence allowing for direct interaction with documents, and applications of the plurality of devices;

2. The computing device of claim 1, when used as a companion PC, replacing KB and Mouse, provides input functions required to interact with plurality of devices an allows for pen input, touch interaction, keyboard input, via simulated keyboards on the touch screen and mouse input.

3. The computing device of claim 1, when used as a companion PC, replacing KB, provides simulated keyboard predefined and custom layouts, in all languages and sizes.

4. The computing device of claim 1, when used as a companion PC, detects the active application running on the plurality of computer systems and automatically configures the screen of the companion computer device based on the user preferences, predefined or built in layout configuration or the configuration file provided by the running active application.

5. The computing device of claim 1, the user removable Central Processing Unit (CPU) Card that includes all major components such as the microprocessor, RAM, Flash Memory, all critical chips, SD card and SIMM Card Connectors and other critical components is designed to be sharable between different enclosure sizes, hence allowing for easy transportation between multiple systems.