Patent ID: 6934151

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a docking station to which a computer can be releasably attached; a button which protrudes through a surface of said docking station and which is operated by a user; a separator which is secured to said docking station and which unlocks the computer from said docking station; a holder which is operatively coupled to said button and which maintains said button at a first position while the computer is installed in said docking station; a sensor unit which is operatively coupled to said button and which detects when the user's operation causes said button to displace from the first position to a second position and which, on the basis of the detection, directs the computer to disable a driver which drives an external device coupled to said docking station; an actuator which is operatively coupled to said button and which drives said button to a third position after the computer has notified the docking station that the computer has finished the disablement of the driver; and a controller which is operatively coupled to said separator and which activates said separator to unlock the computer in response to the user's operation which causes said button to move from the third position.