Patent ID: 9641007
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H02J,H04M

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a computer comprising a cradle configured to receive a mobile device, the mobile device comprising one or more device edges each having device coupling hardware, the cradle comprising one or more cradle edges each having cradle coupling hardware, each of the one or more cradle edges configured to couple to a corresponding device edge of the one or more device edges through connecting the cradle coupling hardware of the cradle edge with the device coupling hardware of the device edge, wherein the computer does not have an integrated trackpad and wherein the cradle is positioned in a location of the computer to receive the mobile device to be used as the trackpad of the computer; the computer configured to receive communications from a first device edge, of the one or more device edges, at a first cradle edge, of the one or more cradle edges, responsive to detecting insertion of the mobile device into the cradle; and the computer configured to interpret the communications to utilize a touchscreen of the mobile device as the trackpad.