Patent ID: 8175646

Claim:
A handheld computing unit comprises: a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver; a hardware section operably coupled to the MMW transceiver; an operating system section operably coupled to the hardware section; and an application section operably coupled to the operating system section, wherein the application section includes a network coordinator application; and wherein when the handheld computing unit is in an extended mode: the hardware section is operably coupled to a hardware section of an extended computing unit; the operating system section is operably coupled to an operating system section of the extended computing unit; and the application section is operably coupled to an application section of the extended computing unit; and wherein when the handheld computing unit is in a network mode, the hardware section is operably coupled to a hardware section of at least one other handheld computing unit via the MMW transceiver and is operable to coordinate with the network coordinator application to: initiate communication with the at least one other handheld computing unit using the MMW transceiver; identify common hardware features between the handheld computing unit and the at least one other handheld computing unit; and for each common hardware feature, determine whether to utilize the common hardware feature in the at least one other handheld computing unit to perform functions for the handheld processing unit.