Patent ID: 8775710

Claim:
A mobile information handling apparatus, comprising: a mobile computing device including at least one first communications port; a keyboard module for providing alpha-numeric data entry to the mobile computing device, the keyboard module including at least one second communications port and at least one third communications port; an adjustable dock for mounting at least one of the mobile computing device and the keyboard module, the adjustable dock including at least one fourth communications port, the adjustable dock configurable in one of: a first position for mounting the mobile computing device within the dock to create a first physical data connection via the at least one first communications port and the at least one fourth communications port, and a second position for mounting the mobile computing device and the keyboard module to create a second physical data connection via the at least one first communications port and the at least one second communications port and a third physical data connection via the at least one third communications port and the at least one fourth communications port, wherein the at least one second communications port is positioned, as the keyboard module is mounted to the mobile computing device, to couple with the at least one first communications port, the at least one third communications port is positioned to couple, as the keyboard module is mounted to the mobile computing device, with the at least one fourth communications port of the adjustable dock, the keyboard module configured to create a physical connection, as the keyboard module is mounted to the mobile computing device and the adjustable dock, between the mobile computing device and the adjustable dock.