Patent ID: 7696953
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A portable display system for use with a computing device, the portable display system usable when it is in contact with a docking station of the computing device and usable when it is not in contact with the docking station, the portable display system comprising: a display screen; a wireless communications receiver; a tethered communications receiver; a display rendering module; and a logic device for determining whether the portable display system is in contact with the docking station, for connecting output from the tethered communications receiver to the display rendering module if the portable display system is in contact with the docking station, and for connecting output from the wireless communications receiver to the display rendering module if the portable display system is not in contact with the docking station, wherein: the wireless communications receiver receives display signals from the computing device, and the tethered communications receiver receives display signals from the computing device, the display signals received by the tethered communications receiver being of a higher quality than the display signals received by the wireless communications receiver.