Collaborative tablet computer

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2007-01-30

2007-01-30

Shalwala, Bipin (Department: 2673)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Plural display systems

Tiling or modular adjacent displays

C345S001100, C345S169000, C345S173000, C345S903000, C361S625000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09788636

ABSTRACT:
A section of a housing on a portable computing device is removed or folded away, thereby exposing a free edge of an LCD screen as well as electrical (data and power) connectors and structural connectors. Connectors are placed symmetrically across the exposed edge whereby a male connector on one side mates with a female connector on the other device. Two such devices are physically pushed together, with locking catches securing the two devices together. Upon docking, the two devices recognize the new configuration and re-map the desktop area of the display into a single display for the combined device. In a preferred embodiment, either a top edge or a side edge is selectively exposed independently on the same device, to mate two devices in either a portrait or landscape orientation.

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