Patent ID: 8619291

Claim:
A document processing device comprising: a controller, including a processor and associated data storage; a display data generator operable to generate display data corresponding to control of the document processing device; an input operable to receive instructions from an associated user corresponding to at least one document processing operation corresponding to display data; a user interface including an integrated display in the document processing device operable in conjunction with the display data and the input; a transceiver operable to establish a data connection with an associated data processing device including a user data input and a user display; the transceiver further operable to communicate the display data to the data processing device and to receive the instructions from the data processing device so as to allow for user control of a document processing operation via the associated data processing device alternatively to the user interface; a synchronizer operable to synchronize a display on the associated data processing device with the integrated display of the document processing device so as to facilitate concurrent, alternative control of the document processing device using either the display on the data processing device or the integrated display on the document processing device; and the controller operable to commence a document processing operation in accordance with received instructions from the associated data processing device.