Patent ID: 8217901

Claim:
Apparatus for interacting with a handheld host computer, the apparatus comprising: a computer peripheral having a form factor, the computer peripheral comprising: a docking port defined in the form factor of the computer peripheral, the docking port configured to substantially encase a removable handheld computer; a keyboard disposed in the form factor, the keyboard configured to receive input from a human; a handheld computer interface within the form factor, the handheld computer interface configured to engage the handheld computer when the handheld computer is in the docking port; and a data link within the form factor, the data link coupled between the keyboard and the handheld computer interface, the data link and the handheld computer interface configured to i) communicatively connect the keyboard of the computer peripheral to the handheld computer, as a peripheral of the handheld computer, and ii) forward the input from the keyboard directly to the handheld computer interface, the data link enabling interaction between the keyboard and the handheld computer when the handheld computer is encased within the docking port.