Patent ID: 8836713

Claim:
A method for synchronization of data over multiple panels, comprising: receiving, at a first panel of a mobile device, data intended for the multiple panels including receiving the data at a first rate; partitioning the data to remove a first subset of data; sending a second subset of data to an expanded peripheral second panel detachable from the mobile device, the second panel configured to be selectively connected to the mobile device to expand the mobile device's screen size, including sending the second subset of data at a second rate, reduced from the first rate, to facilitate synchronization of the data provided to each of the first and second panels, the second rate determined, at least in part, as a function of the first rate, number of pixels of the second panel, number of bytes per pixel, and number of frames per second to be displayed on the first and second panels, the determined second rate causing lines to be drawn on the first panel and the second detachable panel connected to the mobile device at about the same rate by receiving data for a particular display line at substantially the same time at respective receiving buffers of the first and second panels; and updating a display with the first subset of data; wherein the second panel is connectable to a detachable expanded peripheral third panel, each of the second panel and the third panel configured, when connected, to determine number of detachable expanded panels respectively connected to the second panel and to the third panel, to determine a corresponding data rate for serially transmitting display data to the respectively connected detachable expanded panels based on the determined number of respectively connected detachable expanded panels, and to serially transmit the display data, according to the determined data rate, to the respectively connected detachable expanded panels via connection means for physically connecting the second and third panels to their respective detachable expanded panels.