Patent ID: 8571603

Claim:
A mobile smartphone having an interface to interface with an apparatus for facilitating computing operations that includes a housing and a display, wherein the housing has a holder for releasably holding said mobile smartphone, wherein said mobile smartphone has a first processor; wherein said housing houses therein a housing held processor that comprises a symmetrical processor symmetrical with said first processor of said mobile smartphone; wherein said apparatus and said mobile smartphone are operable in one or more modes, including a smartphone mode where the smartphone is not controlling or controlled by the associated apparatus, and a hybrid mode where the smartphone is operable to receive and place calls on a mobile network and carry out associated computing functions with said apparatus and computing component connected with said apparatus; wherein said mobile smartphone includes a storage component, and wherein software for implementing a management program is provided on said apparatus, wherein the mobile smartphone includes application data stored on said storage component, and wherein said application data of said mobile smartphone is stored on said apparatus, and wherein an association is implemented by said apparatus to recognize said mobile smartphone, and wherein said mobile smartphone and said apparatus are linked together to provide a controlled data exchange and backup of said mobile smartphone application data, wherein said apparatus may manage the data removed from and stored on said mobile smartphone, so that there is mobile smartphone application data stored on said apparatus which is not in use by said mobile smartphone; wherein the mobile smartphone has an operating system, application programs and application data, and wherein said operating system, said application programs, and said application data of said smartphone are configured to sync the mobile smartphone and apparatus when the mobile smartphone is inserted into the apparatus, and wherein an event log is kept in said apparatus and in said mobile smartphone and including when said mobile smartphone and said apparatus are not connected, said logs including information to keep track of operating system configuration changes, programs installed, and new files added to the mobile smartphone and the apparatus, wherein said mobile smartphone storage component comprises a hard drive and wherein said apparatus has a storage component comprising a hard drive, and wherein said mobile smartphone hard drive and said apparatus hard drive are identical hard drives, and wherein said identical hard drives are maintained in a synced condition to provide redundancy that may secure data in the event one of said hard drives is damaged.