Patent ID: 8692816
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. In a computing environment including a laptop computer system comprising a processor, a memory and a laptop lid including a main display, an auxiliary display device coupled to the laptop, and an input device coupled to the laptop and the auxiliary display device, a method for routing input from the input device to an operating system corresponding to the laptop or to the auxiliary display device, based on detected state data, the method comprising: detecting state data, the state data corresponding to at least one of a state of the laptop, a state of the auxiliary display device, or a state of a connection between the laptop and the auxiliary display device; 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 the operating system corresponding to the laptop, or whether input from the input device should be routed to the auxiliary display device; and routing, in accordance with the determination, the input from the input device to the operating system corresponding to the laptop or to the auxiliary display device; wherein the laptop comprises a tablet-based laptop computer system in which an orientation of the main display can be changed, and wherein the state data corresponds to a closed laptop lid position and a particular orientation of the main display, and wherein routing the input from the input device comprises routing the input to the operating system corresponding to the laptop.