LOCATION-BASED DOCK FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, a first location indicator that indicates a first location of a first docking station coupled to the computing device;
correlating the first location indicator to a first system configuration of a plurality of system configurations of the computing device;
selecting, by the computing device, the first system configuration of the computing device from the plurality of system configurations based on the location indicator, wherein the first system configuration corresponds to a navigation function of the computing device; and
altering the functionality of the computing device based on the selected first system configuration.
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Abstract
One particular implementation conforming to aspects of the present disclosure takes the form of docking station for a computing device that maintains an indication of a docking station location. The location of the docking station may be utilized by the docking station and/or the computing device coupled to the docking station to configure the functionality and other aspects of the computing device. For example, the functionality of the computing device may be altered in response to the location of the docking station. Additionally, security features, display configurations and the availability of software applications may also be configured in response to the location of the docking station. In this manner, a single computing device may perform the functions of several computing devices based on the location of the docking station, without the need for the user of the device to configure the device manually.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, a first location indicator that indicates a first location of a first docking station coupled to the computing device; correlating the first location indicator to a first system configuration of a plurality of system configurations of the computing device; selecting, by the computing device, the first system configuration of the computing device from the plurality of system configurations based on the location indicator, wherein the first system configuration corresponds to a navigation function of the computing device; and altering the functionality of the computing device based on the selected first system configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A docketing station for a computing device comprising:
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a processor; a machine-readable medium coupled to the processor and configured to maintain a location indicator that indicates a location of the docking station; and an interface configured to couple to a computing device and to provide the location indicator to the computing device, wherein the processor is configured to perform the operations of; selecting a first system configuration of the computing device from a plurality of system configurations of the computing device based on the location indicator; wherein the first system configuration corresponds to a navigation function of the computing device; and transmitting the first system configuration information to the computing device to alter the functionality of the computing device in response to the location indicator. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for configuring a functionality of a computing device based on a location, the system comprising:
a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to; receive a first location indicator that indicates a first location of a first docking station coupled to the computing device; correlate the first location indicator to a first system configuration of a plurality of system configurations of the computing device; select the first system configuration of the computing device from the plurality of system configurations based on the location indicator, wherein the first system configuration corresponds to a navigation function of the computing device; and alter the functionality of the computing device based on the selected first system configuration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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