Patent ID: 8959259
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. In a computing system comprising a first processor, an auxiliary processor, an input device coupled to the computing system, and a display that is movable relative to the computing system, a method for routing input from the input device to at least one operating system corresponding to the first processor or the auxiliary processor, based on detected state data corresponding to the physical position of the display relative to the computing system, the method comprising: detecting state data, the state data corresponding to at least a detected physical position of the display relative to the computing system; identifying one or more user preferences that at least specify how to route input from the input device based on the state data; determining, based on the user preferences and the state data, whether input from the input device should be routed to an operating system corresponding to the first processor or an operating system corresponding to the auxiliary processor; and routing, in accordance with the determination, the input from the input device to the operating system corresponding to the first processor or the operating system corresponding to the auxiliary processor; wherein the physical position of the display can be changed, and wherein the state data corresponds to the detected physical position of the display relative to the computing system, and such that routing of the input from the input device is dependent upon the detected physical position of the display relative to the computing system, wherein the input is only routed to the operating system corresponding to the first processor when the display is in a first physical position relative to the computing system and the input is only routed to the operating system corresponding to the auxiliary processor when the display is in a second physical position relative to the computing system.