Rendering on composite portable devices
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1. A portable device comprising:
- one or more processors;
a memory coupled to the one or more processors; and
a one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to;
establish a composite device comprising the portable device and at least one other device attached to a backplane, wherein the backplane is a device separate from the portable device and the at least one other device and the backplane comprises multiple connection points;
determine a spatial arrangement of the portable device and the at least one other device based at least in part on a first connection point on the backplane for the portable device and at least one other connection point for the at least one other device; and
provide information to the at least one other device for presentation on the at least one other device based at least in part on the spatial arrangement between the portable device and the at least one other device.
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Abstract
Constituent electronic devices such as eBook reader devices may be combined to form a composite device. Resources such as power, data, processing capabilities, network interfaces, displays, and so forth may be shared between the constituent devices. Resources may also be allocated and transferred to increase operational time of depleted individual electronic devices. Content may be presented across the constituent devices of the composite device. A relative spatial arrangement of the composite devices may be determined to facilitate the presentation.
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25 Claims
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1. A portable device comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors; and a one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to; establish a composite device comprising the portable device and at least one other device attached to a backplane, wherein the backplane is a device separate from the portable device and the at least one other device and the backplane comprises multiple connection points; determine a spatial arrangement of the portable device and the at least one other device based at least in part on a first connection point on the backplane for the portable device and at least one other connection point for the at least one other device; and provide information to the at least one other device for presentation on the at least one other device based at least in part on the spatial arrangement between the portable device and the at least one other device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
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establishing a composite device comprising multiple constituent computing devices, individual ones of the constituent computing devices configured to attach to a backplane, wherein the backplane is a device separate from the constituent computing devices and the backplane comprises multiple connection points; determining, for each of the constituent computing devices, a connection point of the multiple connection points on the backplane to which a respective constituent computing device attaches; determining a spatial arrangement of the constituent computing devices based at least in part on the connection point on the backplane for each of the constituent computing devices; determining, on a first constituent computing device of the multiple constituent computing devices, data for presentation on a second constituent computing device of the multiple constituent computing devices based at least in part on the spatial arrangement of the constituent computing devices; and sending the data to the second constituent computing device for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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creating a composite device comprising multiple constituent computing devices, individual ones of the constituent computing devices configured to attach to a backplane, wherein the backplane is a device separate from the constituent computing devices and the backplane comprises multiple connection points, the constituent computing devices comprising at least a first computing device and a second computing device; determining, for each of the constituent computing devices, a connection point of the multiple connection points on the backplane to which a respective constituent computing device attaches; determining a spatial arrangement of the second computing device relative to the first computing device based at least in part on the connection point on the backplane for each of the constituent computing devices; determining, based at least in part on the spatial arrangement, a portion of content on the first computing device for presentation on the second computing device; and sending the portion of content from the first computing device to the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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