Patent ID: 8150463

Claim:
A device, comprising: a tablet with a controller circuit coupled to a memory and with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the controller circuit is programmed for communications with a base unit by way of a cordless phone protocol and a wireless data protocol to provide voice and data communication services, and wherein the controller circuit is further programmed to: detect a presence of another communication device with a display; determine operating characteristics of the display; create according to the operating characteristics of the display a first user interface portion to be presented by the display of the other communication device and a second user interface portion to be presented by the touch-sensitive display of the tablet; transmit the first user interface portion by way of the base unit using the wireless data protocol for presentation at the display of the other communication device; present the second user interface portion at the touch-sensitive display of the tablet; navigate between the first and second user interface portions as a single user interface of the tablet; detect a departure from the presence of the other communication device; and restore a presentation of an original user interface used by the tablet when the tablet is not communicatively coupled to the other communication device.