Patent ID: 9258394
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A smart device apparatus comprising one or more processors; a communication interface device; one or more internal data storage devices operatively coupled to the one or more processors; and a housing configured to receive a second smart device and physically couple said the smart device apparatus with the second smart device, wherein a relationship identifier is designated to connection between said the smart device apparatus and the second smart device, wherein the relationship identifier is selected from one or more of a master-master relationship, a master-slave relationship, or a stand-alone relationship and wherein one or more data transfer, session migration, sequential processing, or parallel processing is enabled between the smart device apparatus and the second smart device based on the designated relationship identifier; and wherein connectivity between the smart device apparatus and the second smart device is established through a portability server, wherein said smart device apparatus queries the portability server to identify smart devices that are connected, and selects the second smart device from a list of smart devices identified by the portability server.