Patent ID: 7953440

Claim:
A mobile device system comprising: a plurality of mobile devices, wherein each mobile device is operable in one of an independent-operation mode in which the mobile device operates with priority over the other mobile devices and a dependent mode in which the mobile device operates dependently on another mobile device and includes a start-up-order detection unit configured to detect the start-up order of the mobile device with respect to the other mobile devices, wherein a first mobile device operates in the independent-operation mode when the start-up order of the first mobile device detected by the start-up-order detection unit is earlier than the start-up order of a second mobile device and operates in the dependent-operation mode when the start-up order is later than the start-up order of the second mobile device, and wherein when an input operation is carried out with the first mobile device operating in the dependent-operation mode, a content of the input operation is sent to the second mobile device operating in the independent-operation mode, and the second mobile device operating in the independent-operation mode carries out processing corresponding to the input operation.