Patent ID: 8014136

Claim:
An internal modular computing system comprising: an existing outlet receptacle disposed on a wall of an interior region, wherein the existing outlet receptacle includes an electrical line and a housing; a computer system disposed substantially within the housing and electrically coupled to the electrical line, wherein the electrical line is the power source for the computer system, and further including: a mechanically extendable expansion bus configured to mechanically support and dynamically data inter-couple a set of modular modules, wherein the mechanically extendable expansion bus includes an extended state and a collapsed state; a cover, externally visually obscuring the mechanically extendable expansion bus; and at least one computer module coupled to the mechanically extendable expansion bus; wherein the computer system resides within the outlet receptacle housing, concealed by the cover, when the expansion bus is in the collapsed state and is external the outlet receptacle housing when the expansion bus in the extended state.