Patent ID: 6489932
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,Y10S

Abstract:
A display device comprising:a flat panel display; a display controller coupled to said flat panel display to control said flat panel display; a microcontroller coupled to the display controller to control the display controller; a docking station including a communication interface coupled to the microcontroller to facilitate removable coupling of a palm sized computing device to the display device to allow said flat panel display to be used in conjunction with said palm sized computing device for an application executing on said palm sized computing device, with the palm sized computing device driving said microcontroller and in turn said display controller; and a chassis integrally housing said flat panel display, said display controller, said microcontroller and said docking station, wherein the flat panel display device is a touch sensitive flat panel display device, and the display controller includes logic to communicate user interactions with the flat panel device to said microcontroller, to facilitate user inputs to said application executing on said palm sized computing device using said touch sensitive flat panel display device.