Patent ID: 9635160
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H02J,H04M

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: detecting insertion of a mobile device into a cradle of a computer, the mobile device comprising one or more device edges each having device coupling hardware and the cradle comprising one or more cradle edges each having cradle coupling hardware, each of the one or more device edges configured to couple to a corresponding cradle edge of the one or more cradle edges through connecting the device coupling hardware of the device edge with the cradle coupling hardware of the cradle 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; transmitting communications between a first device edge, of the one or more device edges, and a first cradle edge, of the one or more cradle edges, responsive to detecting the insertion; and interpreting, by a computer processor, the communications to utilize a touchscreen of the mobile device as the trackpad for the computer.