Patent ID: 7987309

Claim:
A handheld computing device comprising: handheld memory for storing at least one handheld application; a handheld processing module, coupled to the handheld memory, for executing the at least one handheld application; a physical docking interface, coupled to the handheld processing module and the handheld memory, to facilitate co-processing with an extended processing module of an extended computer unit in a physical docked mode, when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the physical docking interface; a quasi docking interface, coupled to the handheld processing module and the handheld memory, to facilitate co-processing with the extended processing module in a quasi docked mode when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the quasi docking interface; and a graphical user interface, coupled to the handheld processing module and the quasi docking interface, that presents a selectable quasi docking interface graphic for display to a user and that responds to a user selection of the selectable quasi docking interface graphic by generating a quasi docking command; wherein the quasi docking interface couples the handheld computing unit to the extended computing unit in response to the quasi docking command.