Method and apparatus for sharing a bluetooth module with two computing devices
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1. A method, comprising:
- sharing control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system, wherein sharing control comprises;
routing Bluetooth communications between the primary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via a sharing module; and
routing Bluetooth communications between the secondary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via the sharing module;
wherein the sharing module does not modify software running on the primary processor system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a user to interface with a mobile computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises sharing a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system.
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1. A method, comprising:
- sharing control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system, wherein sharing control comprises;
routing Bluetooth communications between the primary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via a sharing module; and routing Bluetooth communications between the secondary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via the sharing module; wherein the sharing module does not modify software running on the primary processor system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- sharing control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system, wherein sharing control comprises;
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14. A system, comprising:
means for sharing control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system having means for routing Bluetooth communications between the primary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via a sharing module and means for routing Bluetooth communications between the secondary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via the sharing module, wherein the sharing module does not modify software running on the primary processor system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions when executed by a computer, cause said computer to perform:
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sharing control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system; routing Bluetooth communications between the primary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via a sharing module; and routing Bluetooth communications between the secondary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via the sharing module; wherein the sharing module does not modify software running on the primary processor system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A apparatus, comprising:
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a Bluetooth sharing module; a Bluetooth communications module connected to the Bluetooth sharing module; a primary processor system connected to the Bluetooth sharing module; and a secondary processor system connected to the Bluetooth sharing module, wherein the Bluetooth sharing module is configured to allow the primary processor system and secondary processor system to share control of the Bluetooth communications module via a host controller of the Bluetooth communications module, further wherein the sharing module routes Bluetooth communications between the primary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via a sharing module, routes Bluetooth communications between the secondary processor system and the Bluetooth communications module via the sharing module and does not modify software running on the primary processor system. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus, comprising:
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a universal serial bus (USB) hardware interface; a Bluetooth sharing module coupled to the universal serial bus hardware interface, the sharing module to share control of a Bluetooth communications module between a primary processor system and a secondary processor system; and a UART hardware interface coupled to the Bluetooth sharing module. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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